Earth Rover Challenge wraps at IROS 2026: 12 teams, 4 tracks, 3 days of sidewalk robot navigation
micoolcho · x · 2026-10-09
BitRobot Network's Earth Rover Challenge at IROS 2026 has concluded: 12 teams from around the world competed across 4 tracks over 3 days, testing whether an AI policy can drive a sidewalk rover as well as a human in the wild. The organizers published the full leaderboard and gathered feedback from participants. Reposter micoolcho called autonomous urban navigation his "first love" and praised the teams for pushing in-the-wild navigation forward.
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