I wouldn't say that robotic manipulation in unstructured environments is exactly stuck, just progressing very slowly. There has been some progress since the DAR

I wouldn't say that robotic manipulation in unstructured environments is exactly stuck, just progressing very slowly. There has been some progress since the DARPA Humanoid Challenge and Manipulation Challenge. Robots seem to be getting decent at picking things up[0][1], although manipulation is more than just picking things up. Although, robots still struggle with very basic tasks like motion planning. [0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geub-Nuu-Vw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geub-Nuu-Vw [1]https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/google-large-scale-robotic-grasping-project https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-inte...