Berkeley's Social Humanoid teaches Unitree G1 socially responsive interaction
berkeley_ai · x · 2026-11-11
Berkeley AI PhD student Vongani Maluleke's group introduced Social Humanoid, a hierarchical framework deployed on a Unitree G1 that combines high-level social reasoning with low-level control, enabling humanoids to interact socially with humans. Jitendra Malik highlighted the work ahead of its CoRL poster, framing it as preparation for humans and humanoids cohabiting shared spaces.
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