Weekly humanoid papers: quadruped interception, fault-tolerant gaits and more
carlosdponx · x · 2026-08-18
@carlosdponx's humanoid robotics digest for Aug 9–15 features 7 papers:
- Locomotion (3): time-constrained RL teaching a Go2 to intercept moving objects; adaptive gait timing keeps a large quadruped walking after actuator failures; hip-energy reuse for faster monopedal hopping.
- Loco-Manipulation (2): LUCID combines reusable skills with imagined dynamics for long-horizon humanoid tasks; MPC demonstrations converted to sparse-reward policies on Spot and G1.
- Whole-Body Control (1): self-collision-avoidance references let a G1 plan whole-body paths through confined spaces.
- Training Infrastructure (2): curriculum generation under structured parametric environments, and more.
Related event: Humanoid Robotics Paper Weekly: 7 Picks on Locomotion and Manipulation(2 posts)→
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