ANYmal can do parkour and walk across rubble

The quadrupedal robot ANYmal went back to school and has learned a lot. ETH Zurich researchers used machine learning to teach it new skills: the robot can now climb over obstacles and successfully negotiate pitfalls.
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[@beemo9]

Every kid is going to want one for Christmas

[@niveketihw1897]

One step closer to Metalhead.

[@imchillyb]

An elegant solution to quite daunting problems.

[@agentid36]

Reminds me of juvenile animals/humans, going down/up stairs, using every mechanical advantage they can get ("elbows" in this case) to traverse terrain, before their muscles and proprioception strengthen.

[@SKY53.]

Well done, very interesting technology.

[@BlakeEdwards333]

nice work!

[@grgoss1]

It's just like how people looked at the first little harmless drones and called them cool or cute.

[@cmorris3270]

Amazing - resulting motion appears very similar to how puppies handle new obstacles. Get this guy some better hiking shoes :)

[@henrymiranda5122]

good work , nice

[@magnuswootton6181]

if they made it fight, you wouldnt feel safe next to it anymore.

[@Qaidi_804]

This is amazing

[@oxdogoxSF]

It's like you can see all the pieces between different camps but it's going to take a couple rounds of mergers to bring it all together.

[@davidfarah]

RL magic 😍😍

Mere chance, fortuitous necessity, or intelligent design?

[@laffinkippah]

Needs more lasers. And claws.

[@jamtea388]

what a good boi!

[@blueaquilae]

The compounding effects of all your work is beyond comprehension. I wonder about the training dataset since it seems to mimic existing animal moves. Is this a natural emerging solution or an expression of the training data?

[@Rael39]

Shit! This is cary. We knew we were safe from Daleks cos they couldnt climb the stairs.

[@anshukumartiwari1361]

Dream Institution for me !!

[@vernor2767]

wow

[@chm2]

precursor to Gundam

[@TheValiantZero]

You need to shut this program down.

[@birne_]

Lmao no

[@danip9313]

A esto le llaman robot parkur? ké primitivos! mas parece un bb suelto en nueva york, era asi? y aun asi, todavia le falta para alcanzar la pelicula! 🤣

[@8redlines]

Always loved everything that was done in ETH. Incredible! %)) Is it autonomous? How much time it works without recharge?

[@frankelliott244]

Boston Dynamics did it first.