Skild AI trains a football-playing robot with 140 years of virtual self-play
Scobleizer · x · 2026-09-24
Skild AI unveiled the "Messinator," a robot trained to play football. The approach relied on self-play equivalent to 140 years of matches in a virtual World Cup environment, letting the robot learn football strategies autonomously in simulation.
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