# ActOR preprint shows ambient cameras improving humanoid task execution

_Published Tuesday, November 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM EST · Robotics, Science · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

Researchers report that ActOR, a system combining room and robot cameras, improved humanoid task execution in simulated operating rooms. Feedback increased success from 46.7% to 83.3% under nominal execution and from 8.3% to 51.7% under injected disturbances.

The system builds a shared representation of objects and uses a language model to plan with pre-programmed movement and manipulation skills. In a physical mock operating room, the humanoid completed 14 of 20 single-object disposal trials. The findings appear in a preprint.

## Sources

- [arXiv Query: search_query=cat:cs.RO&id_list=&start=0&max_results=30](https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.04255v1)

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