Skild AI trains Unitree G1 to play soccer with 140 years of simulated self-play
Distinct-Question-16 · reddit · 2026-09-24
Skild AI showed a Unitree G1 humanoid robot trained to play soccer via self-play reinforcement learning: the model competed against increasingly tough versions of itself, accumulating the equivalent of 140 years of practice in simulation. The demo highlights large-scale simulated self-play as an effective approach for embodied robot skill training.
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