Blind Skateboarder: robot lands timed 3-minute manual with no vision or markers
carlosdponx · x · 2026-11-10
PhD researcher adityabhatt revealed "The Blind Skateboarder" — a robot performing skateboard tricks with no vision and no motion-capture markers.
A 3 min 4 s two-wheel manual run was completed with the duration set in advance; a timer shows how long the trick controller ran, with a few close calls and one brief front-wheel touch at 00:31. Paper, code and weights are coming soon, and the author is discussing the work at CoRL.
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