# UT Austin releases DamageSim to benchmark robots that avoid breaking objects

> Original title: Obsessed with both the name and the mission of OopsieVerse and OopsieData! ✨🤖 #CoRL2026

- Source: Paige Bailey
- Published: 2026-11-10T15:56:11.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/df94chf7sga20ct09bkg2wb8h
- Original: https://x.com/DynamicWebPaige/status/2120183749610451377

## Summary

UT Austin's Robin lab releases OopsieVerse and DamageSim, open-source tools built on MuJoCo via RoboCasa. DamageSim tracks object-centric "health" from physics signals such as contact forces, so robots can be trained and benchmarked on avoiding damage while completing household tasks.

## Post

Obsessed with both the name and the mission of OopsieVerse and OopsieData! ✨🤖 #CoRL2026

Built on MuJoCo (via RoboCasa), DamageSim tracks object-centric "health" from physics signals like contact forces -- so we can train and benchmark robots not just on completing household tasks, but doing them without breaking stuff.

Awesome open-source work from @UTAustin:

🔗 https://robin-lab.cs.utexas.edu/oopsieverse/

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