For acrobatic maneuvers like somersaults where the robot must stick a landing, the control system must plan much further ahead than normal locomotion, pre-calculating momentum and rotation requirements at launch to ensure the landing is within reach.

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Marc Raibert

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if you're doing something like a somersault you're looking out a lot further right if you want to stick the landing you have to get the you you have to at the time of launch have uh you know momentum and uhh rotation all those things coordinated

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Hydraulic vs electric actuation in robotics | Marc Raibert and Lex FridmanLex Clips
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:15:11 AM

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