Flying humanoid robot walks upside down on ceiling using real-time whole-body MPC
___Mufasaa · x · 2026-09-19
A viral demo shows a flying humanoid robot walking upside down on a ceiling. The robot uses real-time whole-body MPC with thrust-rate as the control input, keeping thrust continuous as its feet switch contact points — treating walking and flying as a single unified locomotion system.
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