GPT-6 Astra on robotic manipulation

GPT-6 Astra on robotic manipulation September 4, 2026

By Achu Menon, Sravanthi Machcha, Sabrina Zou, Tzu Kit Chan, and Jay Chooi

A follow-up to our comparison of Claude Fable 5 and Fable 5.1. We gave OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra control of the same YAM arms under the same Inspect Robots agent policy, on the same two tasks:

“Pick up the red block from the table and place it inside the bowl.”

“Pick up the round blue puzzle piece by the knob at its center and place it into the matching circular groove in the board.”