<![CDATA[Researchers Create Faster, Cheaper Way to Teach a Humanoid Robot to Walk Over Real-World Terrain]]>

692504 news 1789054628 1789054697 <![CDATA[Researchers Create Faster, Cheaper Way to Teach a Humanoid Robot to Walk Over Real-World Terrain]]> Machine learning Ph.D. student Feiyang Wu led development of a new kind of whole-body controller that allowed the humanoid robot to traverse all those varied surfaces. His method is computationally faster and cheaper than the leading approaches for training robotic controllers. And he was surprised how well it worked, even on surfaces that weren’t included in the training.

]]> 2026-07-16T00:00:00-04:00 Machine learning Ph.D. student Feiyang Wu led development of a new kind of whole-body controller that allowed the humanoid robot to traverse all those varied surfaces. His method is computationally faster and cheaper than the leading approaches for training robotic controllers. And he was surprised how well it worked, even on surfaces that weren’t included in the training.

]]> 681126 image <![CDATA[slippery-floor-untrained.gif]]> The robot on a slippery floor surface using the manufacturer’s controller.

]]> 265486 image/gif 66220 135 66220 172970