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Re:DeepDribble: Simulating Basketball with AI by amarant on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @08:12AM (#17715201)
came here to say the same thing! after Atlas' recent backflip video, it doesn't seem impossible! I would guess however that this is actually way harder to perform for a robot than a backflip.
Re:DeepDribble: Simulating Basketball with AI by kingchurch on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @01:48PM (#17717867)
You are right, dribbling is much harder than backflip because you need not only balancing control for the lower body but also arm and hands control to interact with a physically simulated object - the ball.
Re:DeepDribble: Simulating Basketball with AI by amarant on Thursday August 09, 2018 @10:19AM (#17724397)
yeah. there are other videos that are actually more related, such as Atlas running whilst being pushed by someone with a stick. Clearly it's capable to adjust movement to unexpected external events, which seems like a stepping-stone towards dribbling (probably wont be able to predict perfectly how the ball will bounce). Still, based only on public videos, they have a long way to go.

I haven't seen a video from them in a while though, so who knows, maybe Atlas is already working his ballgame in secret somewhere.