AI robots doing kickflips before GTA 6 is wild!
Researchers have taught a Unitree G1 humanoid robot how to skateboard, and it can already pull off tricks like kickflips, ollies, and pop shove-its.
The project is part of a research paper called “The Blind Skateboarder,” developed by researchers from DFKI and TU Darmstadt.
The robot performs these tricks using joint encoders and motion sensors without cameras, board tracking, or touch sensors.
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It even managed to land a kickflip while attached to a safety harness, so there's still more work to be done before it can skate on its own.
Now the real question is, who would win in a game of S.K.A.T.E., a humanoid robot or an actual skateboarder?