Thomas Wolf says microduck robot is learning footstep planning for precise landings
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Thomas Wolf, of Hugging Face, says the microduck robot is learning to plan its footsteps so it lands more precisely where it intends to go.
He describes this as one building block, along with SLAM, toward an open-source robot duck that can roam a house on its own. Antoine Pirrone reports that footstep planning improves relative positioning on Microduck.
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Thomas Wolf@Thom_WolfXMicroduck learns footstep planning for more precise landing positionsAIHugging Face's Thomas Wolf says microduck is learning to plan its footsteps so it lands more precisely where it intends to go. He frames this as one building block, with SLAM, toward an open-source robot duck that can roam a house on its own. Antoine Pirrone reports that footstep planning improves relative positioning on Microduck.

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