Autonomous 5v5 humanoid soccer kicks off; fall recovery improves but possession still hard
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-08-24
Autonomous 5v5 soccer is underway at the World Humanoid Robot Games. The machines recover from falls far more often than in earlier trials, but controlled possession remains elusive. The author notes posture control after contact is a very hard problem — robots own the track and high bar, but the penalty box still belongs to humans for now.
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