"The research behind the stunt was conducted by scientists at the Active Intelligent Systems (ACT) Lab at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, China, using Unitree's popular G1 robot. The robot's incredible agility highlights how far the tech has come in a matter of years. Chinese robot manufacturer Unitree's G1, in particular, has quickly turned into a popular test bed for reinforcement learning techniques, allowing it to pick up new skills very quickly."
"In fact, the only thing that even came close to defeating the robot in the video was a loose tile that tripped it up - and even in that case, it made an impressive recovery, jumping right back up to fight some more in less than a second. We've already seen the G1 show off its martial arts prowess several times, from punching the air and delivering a swooping roundhouse kick to two of the bots facing off in a kickboxing showdown event at the World AI Conference in Shanghai last month."
A kickboxing humanoid robot absorbs a flying dropkick and rapidly returns to standing, showing notable resilience. Scientists at the Active Intelligent Systems (ACT) Lab at SUSTech in Shenzhen used Unitree's G1 platform to run aggressive robustness tests. The G1’s agility reflects rapid progress enabled by reinforcement learning, which helps the robot acquire new skills quickly. A loose tile briefly tripped the robot, but it recovered and resumed action within a second. The G1 has demonstrated punches, roundhouse kicks, and organized kickboxing matches, though some trials have produced failures, including a harness-related flail during testing.
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