Four-legged robot learns to sprint up ladders
ETH Zurich just taught its four-legged ANYMal robot how to climb industrial ladders using custom hooked feet and reinforcement learning. The system tackles 70- to 90-degree ladder angles with a 90% success rate, clocking in at 232 times faster than previous approaches. Best of all, it dynamically corrects its footing in real time if it misses a rung, cracking one of the biggest mobility hurdles in industrial inspection.