[nancyminusone]

I'd go for something in the manipulation of ropes or wires.

State of the art seems to be that they can untangle a loosely knotted cord.

Untying a short rope with a tightly pulled overhand knot in the middle seems like it's decades away. You have to be able to grip it well enough, then twist the rope and push (even though every physicist says pushing a rope is impossible).

[robobenjie]

Interesting. Futurism is super hard, but "decades" too far away to me. I think with strong 2 finger grippers this is probably close to state of the art, especially with a wrist force sensor, like the TRI setup.

[calepayson]

Belaying a climber would be a hilarious (and fraught) gold medal challenge.

[inasio]

There are already robots that do that (autobelayers)...

[tintor]

Not really.

Auto belay device can't hold the climber up on the wall, like human belayer can, so that climber can rest and try again.

Auto belay device can't do lead belay.

[jayGlow]

They're not wide spread but they can do lead belay, I've seen a few videos of it online

https://climbingbusinessjournal.com/could-your-gym-be-gettin...

[rangestransform]

How do you yell at it to take though