open benchmark · companion to IGC 2027
Milkbench
Can a humanoid hand milk?
Robots attach teat cups. Milkbench asks whether a humanoid hand can milk by itself, and scores the answer in minutes per litre.
The two parameters the paper sweeps. Servo travel 1.05 rad.
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01 · the board
Minutes per litre. One number, one entry.
| # | Entry | Paper | Video | Code | min / L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milkbench | soon | soon | soon | pending |
No measurement exists yet, so the entry carries no number. Hardware results land in December 2026.
Video and code are each a link waiting for its target; the paper follows once it is reviewed. An entry without video and code stays unranked.
02 · how to enter
The board is open.
Any hand qualifies. Draw a litre on camera, send the number, the video and the code. Ranked by minutes per litre and nothing else.
- 01The number. Minutes per litre, first drop to litre mark, as the video shows.
- 02The video. One unedited take of the full litre, reservoir in frame.
- 03The code. Public, and reproduces the run.
- 04The paper. Optional. Peer reviewed, reports the number.
Milkbench is a benchmark under construction by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mark Schutera and Prof. Dr. Jonas Weber, companion to an abstract submitted to the XXVI International Grassland Congress, Leipzig 2027 · no hardware results exist yet · the hand on this page is the real model, 34 bodies and 20 loop closures on 8 actuators, stepped live by MuJoCo compiled to WebAssembly · nothing else is simulated · hand geometry from Amazing Hand (Pollen Robotics)