Atlas performs Ghost Rabona football move using reinforcement learning
Boston Dynamics demonstrated Atlas executing a multi-step Ghost Rabona kick learned from human motion capture and reinforcement learning.
Evidence notes
- Engineers retargeted high-fidelity motion-capture data to Atlas, then trained the whole-body policy across thousands of parallel simulations.
- The maneuver combined a fake step-over, crossed-leg strike, aerial motion and balance recovery, exercising locomotion and manipulation in one controller.
Company context
Boston Dynamics builds high-performance mobile robots including Spot for industrial and field inspection, Stretch for warehouse trailer unloading, and Atlas for advanced humanoid mobility.