Robot Era’s XBot-L recently traversed China’s Great Wall, and it is now the first humanoid robot to do so. Not much is known about its hardware, but you can see that XBot-L can easily handle uneven terrain as well as climbing stairs.
Where XBot-L stands out is its ability to navigate the dimly lit guard towers where other humanoid robots struggle, thanks to the company’s proprietary reinforcement learning (RL) tech. As for parkour or other stunts, it may have a while to go before catching up with Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, especially with their new version.
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Perceptive [reinforcement learning] algorithms help to strengthen the robot’s perceptive and decision-making capacity in the face of unfamiliar terrains. The robot thus can recognize complex road conditions and adjust its walking stance in a timely manner,” said Yue Xi, co-founder of Robot Era.
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