# Bad Influence story: UT Austin presents DamageSim to benchmark robots on avoiding object damage

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-10 10:56. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/e478d4de-db55-4eeb-bb89-be1c6cf12866

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Latest update (11-10 10:56): UT Austin releases DamageSim to benchmark robots that avoid breaking objects

Overview: UT Austin's Robin lab releases DamageSim and OopsieVerse, open-source tools built on MuJoCo via RoboCasa, according to a post by Paige Bailey. DamageSim tracks an object-centric "health" value from physics signals such as contact forces, so robots can be trained and benchmarked on completing household tasks without breaking objects.

The only source in this story is that post, which quotes the tool's description and does not report test results.

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1. 11-10 10:56 · Paige Bailey · [UT Austin releases DamageSim to benchmark robots that avoid breaking objects](https://badinfluence.news/items/df94chf7sga20ct09bkg2wb8h)
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