1,200 actuated cylinders form a programmable landscape for a robot in MuJoCo
hbouammar · x · 2026-09-15
A striking MuJoCo simulation from hbouammar: 1,200 independently actuated cylinders turn a flat surface into a programmable landscape of waves, hills, valleys and ripples, with a robot navigating across the moving terrain. The author is soliciting ideas for what the terrain should do next.
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