# Multi-task real-robot data with gaze attention for dual-arm fine manipulation

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.07603 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2401.07603/

## Key facts

- Cited by 5 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Placed in Robot manipulation imitation learning, one of 13 directions in Offline RL and imitation learning from data.
- Builds on 27 of its 36 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 15 Jan 2024.

## Placed in

- Offline RL and imitation learning from data / [Robot manipulation imitation learning](https://mlsanity.com/offlinerl/robot-manipulation-imitation-learning/)

## Builds on (most cited first, 27 of 27)

- [Attention Is All You Need](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1706.03762/) (2017)
- [Language Models are Few-Shot Learners](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2005.14165/) (2020)
- [SGDR: Stochastic Gradient Descent with Warm Restarts](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1608.03983/) (2016)
- [RT-2: Vision-Language-Action Models Transfer Web Knowledge to Robotic Control](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2307.15818/) (2023)
- [FiLM: Visual Reasoning with a General Conditioning Layer](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1709.07871/) (2017)
- [RT-1: Robotics Transformer for Real-World Control at Scale](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2212.06817/) (2022)
- [Learning Fine-Grained Bimanual Manipulation with Low-Cost Hardware](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2304.13705/) (2023)
- [On the Continuity of Rotation Representations in Neural Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1812.07035/) (2018)
- [EfficientNetV2: Smaller Models and Faster Training](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2104.00298/) (2021)
- [Open X-Embodiment: Robotic Learning Datasets and RT-X Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2310.08864/) (2023)
- [Solving Rubik's Cube with a Robot Hand](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1910.07113/) (2019)
- [BridgeData V2: A Dataset for Robot Learning at Scale](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2308.12952/) (2023)
- [An Algorithmic Perspective on Imitation Learning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1811.06711/) (2018)
- [Mobile ALOHA: Learning Bimanual Mobile Manipulation with Low-Cost Whole-Body Teleoperation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2401.02117/) (2024)
- [Deep Imitation Learning for Complex Manipulation Tasks from Virtual Reality Teleoperation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1710.04615/) (2017)
- [DeCLUTR: Deep Contrastive Learning for Unsupervised Textual Representations](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2006.03659/) (2020)
- [Interactive Language: Talking to Robots in Real Time](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2210.06407/) (2022)
- [Supersizing Self-supervision: Learning to Grasp from 50K Tries and 700 Robot Hours](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1509.06825/) (2015)
- [RH20T: A Comprehensive Robotic Dataset for Learning Diverse Skills in One-Shot](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2307.00595/) (2023)
- [Multiple Interactions Made Easy (MIME): Large Scale Demonstrations Data for Imitation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1810.07121/) (2018)
- [Equivariant Descriptor Fields: SE(3)-Equivariant Energy-Based Models for End-to-End Visual Robotic Manipulation Learning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2206.08321/) (2022)
- [Model-Based Inverse Reinforcement Learning from Visual Demonstrations](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2010.09034/) (2020)
- [Grasping with Chopsticks: Combating Covariate Shift in Model-free Imitation Learning for Fine Manipulation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2011.06719/) (2020)
- [Transformer-based deep imitation learning for dual-arm robot manipulation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2108.00385/) (2021)
- [Gaze-based dual resolution deep imitation learning for high-precision dexterous robot manipulation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2102.01295/) (2021)
- [Memory-based gaze prediction in deep imitation learning for robot manipulation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2202.04877/) (2022)
- [Training Robots without Robots: Deep Imitation Learning for Master-to-Robot Policy Transfer](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2202.09574/) (2022)

## Built on by (most cited first, 5 of 5)

- [Look, Focus, Act: Efficient and Robust Robot Learning via Human Gaze and Foveated Vision Transformers](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2507.15833/) (2025)
- [Gaze-Regularized Vision-Language-Action Models for Robotic Manipulation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2603.23202/) (2026)
- [Gaze-Guided Task Decomposition for Imitation Learning in Robotic Manipulation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2501.15071/) (2025)
- [Enhancing Reusability of Learned Skills for Robot Manipulation via Gaze Information and Motion Bottlenecks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.18121/) (2025)
- [SILO: Simulation-in-the-Loop Sim-to-Real Transfer for Multi-Stage Cable Routing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2607.04616/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

In the field of robotic manipulation, deep imitation learning is recognized as a promising approach for acquiring manipulation skills. Additionally, learning from diverse robot datasets is considered a viable method to achieve versatility and adaptability. In such research, by learning various tasks, robots achieved generality across multiple objects. However, such multi-task robot datasets have mainly focused on single-arm tasks that are relatively imprecise, not addressing the fine-grained object manipulation that robots are expected to perform in the real world. This paper introduces a dataset of diverse object manipulations that includes dual-arm tasks and/or tasks requiring fine manipulation. To this end, we have generated dataset with 224k episodes (150 hours, 1,104 language instructions) which includes dual-arm fine tasks such as bowl-moving, pencil-case opening or banana-peeling, and this data is publicly available. Additionally, this dataset includes visual attention signals as well as dual-action labels, a signal that separates actions into a robust reaching trajectory and precise interaction with objects, and language instructions to achieve robust and precise object manipulation. We applied the dataset to our Dual-Action and Attention (DAA), a model designed for fine-grained dual arm manipulation tasks and robust against covariate shifts. The model was tested with over 7k total trials in real robot manipulation tasks, demonstrating its capability in fine manipulation.
