Smooth Operator: A Real-Time Sampling-Based Algorithm for Kinematic Hand Retargeting

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Advances in learning-based robotic manipulation, such as Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models and Video Action Models (VAMs), heavily rely on high-quality teleoperation data. Their capabilities are strictly upper-bounded by the quality of the underlying human demonstrations. Current gradient-based retargeting algorithms often converge to different local minima, resulting in jitter that affects data quality and teleoperation experience. To address this, we introduce the Sampling-Based Retargeter (SBR), a novel gradient-free retargeting method drawn from the rich literature of sampling-based control and explicitly designed for low-jitter, real-time kinematic retargeting. We evaluate SBR both in simulation and through a rigorous real-world user study involving 18 participants performing 3 complex manipulation tasks. Compared to gradient-based baselines, SBR achieved the highest overall task success rate (54.1%) while significantly reducing operator cognitive fatigue, recording the lowest NASA-TLX workload score (36.4 out of 100). Ultimately, we establish SBR as a highly effective, intuitive retargeter for dexterous manipulation, providing the community with a rigorous benchmarking methodology to guide future retargeting research.

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