Video Friday: Quadruped Robot Autonomously Solves Giant Rubik's Cube

A quadruped robot from the ETH Zurich Robotics Systems Lab autonomously solved a giant Rubik's Cube using only its feet. KAIST Humanoid v0.9 demonstrated whole-body mobile manipulation using onboard visual feedback, able to push objects weighing up to 35 kg, lift objects weighing up to 20 kg, and arrange the letters "KAIST." AthenaZero's tendon-driven three-finger hand closes in about 80 milliseconds and uses air-pressure sensors for gentle grasping.