Robots are getting a lot better in soccer. Every year we see improvements in various competitions. Researchers have come up with a Unitree G1 system for sustained humanoid dribbling. It perceives the ball with LiDAR but without a motion capture sensor and external tracking. The policy for this robot is trained in simulation. The below video shows slalom dribbling done by a Unitree G1 robot
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Fast dribbling. Tight turns. Repeated direction changes. Human-like motion. ⚽️
We present a Unitree G1 system for sustained humanoid dribbling beyond simple straight-line ball pushing.
The robot continuously controls the ball while running through slalom courses and large… pic.twitter.com/eGIdeKrw1n
— Chuye Hong (@ChuyeHong) September 23, 2026
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