KRKnown RobotALPHA
Reproduction sprints
Recruiting — kickoff not confirmed

REPRODUCTION SPRINT-01

One policy.
Different hardware.
Public evidence.

Three to five teams. Two weeks. Successful, failed, blocked and unsafe attempts preserved in a reviewed joint report. Dates remain provisional until the readiness gate passes and the event lead starts the sprint.

01 / READINESS · NO IMPLIED COMMITMENTS

Kickoff is not yet confirmed

0 named teams; 0 named reviewers. A calendar date is not proof of readiness.

Event lead: Not appointed

Reviewers: No confirmed independent reviewers

Inspect the machine-readable operating record →

02 / PUBLIC ROSTER

Actual commitments, not expressions of interest.

No teams have publicly confirmed participation yet. Applications are not counted as commitments.

03 / IMMUTABLE ARTIFACT

ACT SO-101 Pick-and-Place

Selected source revision is pinned. This does not imply the publisher endorses the study or that the proposed protocol has been agreed.

legalaspro/act-so101-pick-place-cube-30hz-dec7-v2

Commit: 19b56a188f1c9ec578ddd07c058b12dd980b23ff

Framework: ACT / LeRobot. Declared target: SO-101 manipulation. Compatibility is not safety certification.

04 / PROPOSED PROTOCOL

Agree before counted trials.

Consent binds the policy revision, entire protocol, schedule and each team's declared configuration. Changes invalidate old commitments.

Protocol digest: cd4aecaceaf221d5d47a83e06ddbb9cfd69a2f7be1f4261713f35e5acc4dbb8b

Task

Pick a tabletop cube and release it fully inside a declared target region.

Success

Cube released fully inside the target before the declared timeout, without human contact, emergency stop, or safety violation.

Reset

Publish cube dimensions, target dimensions, start pose and reset procedure before counted trials. Restore that declared start state for each trial.

Trials

Declare timeout and at least ten planned trials before running. Record every counted attempt, success, intervention, exclusion, deviation and first decisive failure. Blocked or unsafe attempts may complete zero trials.

Configuration

Before trials, commit robot, gripper, cameras, calibration method, compute, framework and dependency versions, observation/action shapes and control rate beside robot-skill.yaml. Link immutable revisions. Changes require a separately labeled cohort, never pooled counts.

Safety

Each team owns its risk assessment, safe operating envelope and emergency stop. No people in the envelope. Stop unexpected or uncertain motion; never bypass limits or safety controls.

Comparison

Compatibility study, not a leaderboard or physical safety certification. Preserve failed and withdrawn attempts; separate simulation from physical results. Review grants no registry verification status.

05 / SHARED CLOCK · AMERICA/DENVER

Every milestone has an accountable gate.

  1. Applications openTracked in the public operating record; dates never auto-complete work.
  2. Applications closeTracked in the public operating record; dates never auto-complete work.
  3. Roster + protocol freezeRequires three committed teams, two physical setups, named lead and independent reviewers, and matching consent.
  4. Kickoff — only if readyRequires three committed teams, two physical setups, named lead and independent reviewers, and matching consent.
  5. Every team outcome dueTracked in the public operating record; dates never auto-complete work.
  6. Independent review dueTracked in the public operating record; dates never auto-complete work.
  7. Public results sessionTracked in the public operating record; dates never auto-complete work.
  8. Joint report + improvement issuesTracked in the public operating record; dates never auto-complete work.