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  • U. of I.'s humanoid robot rises from falls like rebels from The Matrix movie

    Feb 27, 2025 4:00 pm by Interesting EngineeringIllinois in the News
    New learning framework lets humanoid robots quickly get up after falling. Still image from video by Xialin He/YouTube

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    • New learning framework lets humanoid robots quickly get up after falling. Still image from video by Xialin He/YouTube

    Interesting Engineering (Feb. 25) Developed by a team at the U. of I., it is claimed to be the first successful demonstration of learned getting-up policies for human-sized humanoid robots in the real world. (with video)