ANYmal challenging-terrain paper demonstrates blind locomotion in natural environments

Key points

• The Science Robotics paper trains a learning-based controller for quadrupedal locomotion over difficult natural terrain.
• The controller is deployed on two generations of ANYmal robots in outdoor settings beyond the reach of prior published legged-locomotion work.
• The result is one of the clearest research anchors for ANYmal as a rugged field-locomotion platform.