diff --git a/examples/openarms/evaluate_ee.py b/examples/openarms/evaluate_ee.py
index 4593a38f3..d6d68de0f 100644
--- a/examples/openarms/evaluate_ee.py
+++ b/examples/openarms/evaluate_ee.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ from lerobot.datasets.pipeline_features import aggregate_pipeline_dataset_featur
 from lerobot.datasets.utils import build_dataset_frame, combine_feature_dicts
 from lerobot.model.kinematics import RobotKinematics
 from lerobot.policies.factory import make_policy, make_pre_post_processors
-from lerobot.policies.utils import make_robot_action
 from lerobot.processor import RobotAction, RobotObservation, RobotProcessorPipeline, make_default_processors
 from lerobot.utils.constants import ACTION, OBS_STR
 from lerobot.utils.control_utils import predict_action
@@ -319,18 +318,17 @@ def run_ee_inference_loop(
         ee_state = joints_to_ee(joint_state.copy())
         
         # 3. Build observation frame with EE state for policy input
-        # Get expected state dimension from policy's input features
-        state_feature = policy.config.input_features.get("observation.state")
-        expected_dim = state_feature.shape[0] if state_feature else None
-        
-        # Build state array from EE values (sorted keys)
-        ee_keys = sorted(ee_state.keys())
+        # Filter to only EE keys (FK may include other keys in output)
+        # Expected: left_ee.{x,y,z,wx,wy,wz,gripper_pos}, right_ee.{...} = 14 total
+        ee_keys = sorted([k for k in ee_state.keys() if "_ee." in k])
         ee_values = [ee_state[k] for k in ee_keys]
         
-        # Truncate to match expected dimension (FK may output more than policy expects)
-        if expected_dim and len(ee_values) > expected_dim:
-            ee_values = ee_values[:expected_dim]
-            ee_keys = ee_keys[:expected_dim]
+        # Debug: print on first step
+        if step == 0:
+            print(f"  FK output keys ({len(ee_keys)}): {ee_keys}")
+            state_feature = policy.config.input_features.get("observation.state")
+            if state_feature:
+                print(f"  Policy expects state dim: {state_feature.shape[0]}")
         
         # Store current EE position for relative action conversion (using same order)
         current_ee_pos = torch.tensor(ee_values)
@@ -364,8 +362,12 @@ def run_ee_inference_loop(
             robot_type=robot.robot_type,
         )
         
-        # 5. Convert action tensor to dict
-        ee_action = make_robot_action(action_tensor, dataset.features)
+        # 5. Convert action tensor to dict using EE keys (not joint keys from eval dataset)
+        action_tensor = action_tensor.squeeze(0).cpu()
+        while action_tensor.dim() > 1:
+            action_tensor = action_tensor[0]
+        # Use the same EE keys we used for state (truncated to match policy's action dim)
+        ee_action = {ee_keys[i]: float(action_tensor[i]) for i in range(len(action_tensor))}
         
         # 6. Convert relative action back to absolute if needed
         if use_relative_actions:
@@ -515,17 +517,17 @@ def main():
     )
     print("  Dataset created")
     
-    # Load policy
+    # Load policy directly using from_pretrained to preserve original EE features
+    # (make_policy would overwrite output_features with joint features from eval dataset)
     print(f"\n[4/5] Loading policy from {HF_MODEL_ID}...")
-    policy_config = PreTrainedConfig.from_pretrained(HF_MODEL_ID)
-    policy_config.pretrained_path = HF_MODEL_ID
+    from lerobot.policies.factory import get_policy_class
     
-    # Pass dataset meta for policy creation (required by make_policy)
-    policy = make_policy(policy_config, ds_meta=dataset.meta)
+    policy_config = PreTrainedConfig.from_pretrained(HF_MODEL_ID)
+    policy_cls = get_policy_class(policy_config.type)
+    policy = policy_cls.from_pretrained(HF_MODEL_ID)
     
     # Load preprocessor/postprocessor from pretrained model
-    # DO NOT pass dataset_stats - let it load from pretrained model
-    # (evaluation dataset has different features than training dataset)
+    # (uses the trained EE features, not joint features from eval dataset)
     preprocessor, postprocessor = make_pre_post_processors(
         policy_cfg=policy.config,
         pretrained_path=HF_MODEL_ID,
@@ -534,6 +536,8 @@ def main():
         },
     )
     print("  Policy loaded")
+    print(f"  State dim: {policy.config.input_features['observation.state'].shape[0]}")
+    print(f"  Action dim: {policy.config.output_features['action'].shape[0]}")
     
     # Auto-detect relative action/state settings from checkpoint
     relative_normalizer, use_relative_actions, use_relative_state = load_relative_config(HF_MODEL_ID)