Humanoid Robot Shows Zero-Shot Navigation of Complex Terrain on Onboard Compute
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-09-16
A viral demo shows a humanoid robot zero-shot navigating complex terrain — no environment-specific training — entirely on onboard sensing and compute. Chris Paxton notes the real advantage of humanoids is operating in the genuine difficulty of human environments.
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