Humanoid robots are becoming faster every generation. They are capable of performing a wide variety of basic tasks. Getting them to perform challenging moves such as backflips is not straight forward though. The good folks at Unitree have pulled it off. The below video shows this humanoid robot performing near perfect backflips:
The Unitree H1 has legs with 5 degrees of freedom each. It also has 4 DOF arms. It has max moving speed of 3.3m/s but it could potentially reach speeds over 5m/s.
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