# Bad Influence story: Research team uses image generation to plan rope manipulation

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-10 09:29. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/a7c0cc16-1761-47f3-b94b-bb7f5336f476

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Latest update (11-10 09:29): Research team uses NanoBanana image generation to plan rope manipulation

Overview: A research team uses NanoBanana, an image generation model, to synthesize goal images for deformable object manipulation, according to a post by Paige Bailey (@DynamicWebPaige). Given a scene and a text prompt such as "pass rope through red slot," the model produces the target image, which serves as a visual imagination step for planning the manipulation.

The post lists the paper at Spotlight S5 and Poster S2 #45. The post reports the method but gives no results or performance figures.

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1. 11-10 09:29 · Paige Bailey · [Research team uses NanoBanana image generation to plan rope manipulation](https://badinfluence.news/items/nrqw1sw22z0bc3d93j9058bim)
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