3 papers
cs.RO2025
A Hierarchical, Model-Based System for High-Performance Humanoid Soccer
Quanyou Wang, Mingzhang Zhu, Ruochen Hou +16
The development of athletic humanoid robots has gained significant attention as advances in actuation, sensing, and control enable increasingly dynamic, real-world capabilities. Ro…
cs.RO2025
Learning to Walk in Costume: Adversarial Motion Priors for Aesthetically Constrained Humanoids
Arturo Flores Alvarez, Fatemeh Zargarbashi, Havel Liu +7
We present a Reinforcement Learning (RL)-based locomotion system for Cosmo, a custom-built humanoid robot designed for entertainment applications. Unlike traditional humanoids, ent…
cs.RO2025
From Screen to Stage: Kid Cosmo, A Life-Like, Torque-Controlled Humanoid for Entertainment Robotics
Havel Liu, Mingzhang Zhu, Arturo Moises Flores Alvarez +8
Humanoid robots represent the cutting edge of robotics research, yet their potential in entertainment remains largely unexplored. Entertainment as a field prioritizes visuals and f…