Scientists have trained a four-legged robot to play badminton against a human opponent, and it scuttles across the court to play rallies of up to 10 shots. By combining whole-body movements with visual perception, the robot, called “ANYmal,” learned to adapt the way it moved to reach the shuttlecock and successfully return it over the net, thanks to artificial intelligence …
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