# Video Friday: Spot Demonstrates Whole-Body Manipulation

- Source: IEEE Spectrum Robotics
- Published: 2026-10-30T16:30:03.000Z
- RoboHot: https://robohot.news/en/items/vqxitwdg6f83up5hrmlbup50e
- Original: https://spectrum.ieee.org/video-friday-whole-body-manipulation

## Summary

This week's IEEE Spectrum Video Friday features a whole-body manipulation demo from RAI, though it is hard to tell from the video whether the torso is directly involved. ETH Zurich's Robotic Systems Lab presents a contact-centric learning framework that combines motion imitation and reinforcement learning to let a humanoid adapt autonomously on complex, unstructured terrain.