TweakTown

Figure's robots now walk a little less like C-3PO, thanks to reinforcement learning

TL;DR: FigureAI has developed an AI-powered walking controller for its Figure 02 humanoid robot, enhancing its movement to be more human-like with features such as heel strikes and synchronized arm ...
Geeky Gadgets

Figure AI Uses Reinforcement Learning to Teach Robots to Walk Naturally

Figure AI has developed a new humanoid robotic natural walking capability for its humanoid robots, leveraging reinforcement learning (RL) and simulation-based training. This approach enables the ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Video: Robot uses vision and AI to adapt to terrain like animals in real time

A KAIST research team has developed a quadrupedal robot control system that allows machines ...
SFGate

Human-sized robot taught itself to walk and balance, then strolled Berkeley's streets

UC Berkeley’s landmark Sather Gate has welcomed walkers of all kinds for more than a century, from angry protesters to students hurrying to class. Last month, though, an entirely new pedestrian passed ...
WTAE-TV

Intuitive learning at Carnegie Mellon: Robots improve with reward reinforcement

THESE DROIDS HOW TO FUNCTION. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STEPPING BACK INTO THE FUTURE WITH A RARE LOOK INSIDE THE ROBOTICS INSTITUTE AT CMU. THE WORK BEING INVENTED RIGHT HERE IN PITTSBURGH WILL HAVE A MAJOR ...
TechCrunch

Humanoid robots are learning to fall well

The savvy marketers at Boston Dynamics produced two major robotics news cycles last week. The larger of the two was, naturally, the electric Atlas announcement. As I write this, the sub-40 second ...