Chinese robotics team trains humanoids with kicks, pushes, and knockdowns
2C_ornot2C · x · 2026-07-26
A Chinese robotics team is training humanoid robots by repeatedly kicking, pushing, and knocking them down so they learn to recover more robust locomotion policies.
The post is framed as a demonstration of robustness training rather than a product announcement, and the quoted text emphasizes the brutal but practical recovery-training setup.
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