BREAKING
ETH Robot Dog Plays Badminton
0
consecutive shots
0
degrees of freedom
0
m/s
swing speed
How the Robot Returns a Shot
1
Detect shuttlecock
↓
2
Predict trajectory
↓
3
Move to return spot
↓
4
Swing racket
One RL Policy Runs 18 DoF
New Approach vs Old Robots
Conventional
Old
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Fixed bases
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External vision
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Separate control
ETH ANYmal-D
New
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Mobile legged base
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Onboard perception
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Whole-body RL
Research Demo, Not a Product
AI NEWS BLITZ
A quadruped robot from ETH Zurich can now rally badminton with humans.