Robots are getting more agile all the time. We have seen a bunch of them that can do flips, kicks, and other fancy moves. Parkour can be a lot more challenging though. Light-Loco-Parkour is a locomotion system for humanoid robots that enables them to move through complex, challenging environments with agility. This was used on Lightbot 0, a 90‑cm humanoid robot. Thanks to this, the robot was able to climb stairs, traverse stepping stones and perform speed vaults over obstacles.
This is wild. Humanoid parkour just leveled up. 🧗🤖
Light Origins’ 90 cm Lightbot 0 can climb, vault, and cross complex terrain with a single onboard depth policy—no external tracking, runtime motion reference, or scripted skill switching.
The clever part is Real → Sim →… pic.twitter.com/hzPT3D4ZT5
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This humanoid robot weighs 18.9kg. It has 21 actuated joints. As the researchers explain, the policy decides when to move or use a whole-body skill. It can also handle the terrain between obstacles. This robot relies on a chest mounted depth camera.
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