How a Falling Cat Robot Lands on its Feet

Mini Cheetah, the Falling Cat: A Case Study in Machine Learning and Trajectory Optimization for Robot Acrobatics by Vince Kurtz, He Li, Patrick Wensing, and Hai Lin Paper: Technical video: ------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Destin Sandlin of SmarterEveryDay for allowing us to use his clip of a falling cat. His video about how cats land on their feet: And on nonholonomic motion planning: Thanks to Mary Nguyen of Coach Mary Figure Skating for allowing us to use her figure skating clip. Her video on ice skating spins for beginners: Website: