# Robot reaching study reports 80.0% success with generated training trajectories

_Published Monday, October 26, 2026 at 11:19 PM EDT · Robotics, Science · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

Researchers report in an arXiv preprint that generated training data enabled a robot to reach motherboard components with 80.0% success across three targets, compared with 58.7% using 150 teleoperated demonstrations.

Their method reconstructs a workspace in three dimensions and generates wrist-camera views paired with reaching movements. Using the π0.5 model, 1,500 generated trajectories required less than 10 minutes of active human capture. An instruction-guided verifier estimates proximity to the target and stops movement before contact. The experiments demonstrate reaching before physical interaction, rather than complete electronic-waste disassembly.

## Sources

- [arXiv Query: search_query=cat:cs.RO&id_list=&start=0&max_results=30](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.35626v1)

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