Human-Robot Juggling: IROS 2026 Paper Extends Cascade Record 5x
Jan_R_Peters · x · 2026-08-09
A study accepted to IROS 2026 demonstrates a robot successfully juggling with a human partner. The researchers developed a real-time planning and control architecture combining predictive tracking with online trajectory optimization, extending the previous 3-ball shared cascade record by 5 times.
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