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Kungfu Kid V6.0 — Full Martial Arts Routine in Real Time

A complete martial arts kata performed at 1x speed with no cuts: sweeps, strikes and a closing backflip. Real-time execution is the interesting part, not the choreography.

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Kungfu Kid V6.0 — Full Martial Arts Routine in Real Time

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Unitree G1 — Actuator Deep Dive

Each actuator is a self-contained module: frameless motor, reducer, encoder and driver on a shared housing.

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Unitree G1 — Full Disassembly

High-torque joints use strain wave (harmonic) gearing rather than cycloidal drives, which keeps backlash low in a compact stack.

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Series Elastic Actuators: Force Control from First Principles

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Build a Ball-screw Actuator for a Leg Joint

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Build a Ball-screw Actuator for a Leg Joint

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Using ros2_control to Drive a Real Robot

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Using ros2_control to Drive a Real Robot

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Boston Dynamics

@BostonDynamics

The lab that made dynamic legged robots mainstream. Atlas moved to an all-electric actuation platform in 2024 and is now being piloted with automotive partners.

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