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SocialFebruary 10, 2026 · Validation

Head-to-head: Manifold vs Physical Intelligence on identical hardware

Using the same UR5e robotic arm and sensors, Manifold achieved 98% accuracy vs 14% for Physical Intelligence's π0.5. Zero-shot, no training.

Manifold solves the travelling salesman problem. Without being designed to

When challenged with a routing problem that stumped every frontier LLM, Manifold matched purpose-built optimization algorithms and scaled to 1M points.

Predicting coastal flooding in the Netherlands with satellite data

Using historic ESA Sentinel-1/2 satellite data, Manifold produced a two-week flood forecast for the Dutch coastline. Demonstrating physics generalization beyond manufacturing.

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Head-to-head: Manifold vs Physical Intelligence on identical hardware

Manifold solves the travelling salesman problem. Without being designed to

Predicting coastal flooding in the Netherlands with satellite data