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Review robot-action traces

Segment an action into observable steps and locate grasp, contact, motion, and safety failures.

Starting level
Some basics
Time
28 minutes
Public lesson guide
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You will learn to

Segment robot behaviour and identify the first observable action failure.

Why this matters

Physical AI data must preserve timing, contact, and cause; a final failure label alone cannot teach recovery.

Three things to remember

  • Split approach, grasp, lift, move, and release.
  • Use synchronized views before inferring contact.
  • Record the first failure and its downstream effects.

See one example

Task

A robot misses a block but continues its motion.

Weak approach

Task failed at the tray.

Stronger approach

Failure begins at grasp: fingers close beside the block; lift and transfer carry an empty gripper.

Why the stronger approach works

The earliest causal failure makes the trace useful for training and debugging.

Make something yourself

Write a five-segment pick-and-place trace with timestamps, state, and recovery action.

A useful starting pointFor each segment, write what changed and what proves it.
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The source is optional. The complete teaching and practice are available inside AI2Bharat.

Read the primary or official source: NVIDIA Physical AI