Where does sim-to-real transfer actually work reliably right now?

Most papers claim great results in simulation but deployment videos are rare. Boston Dynamics and a few others clearly have it figured out for locomotion, but manipulation in messy homes seems stuck. Is the gap mostly sensor noise, actuator modeling, or something else?

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2026-10-06 15:45 · r/artificial
Where does sim-to-real transfer actually work reliably right now?

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