Christian Hubicki
@chubicki.bsky.social
Robotics Professor • Director, Optimal Robotics Lab • Florida State University • Legged Robotics—Control and AI—Biomechanics • TEDx Fellow • Science babbled on National TV
The world is so quirky. Reminds me of umbrella man.
Conspiracies swirled why he was holding an open umbrella on a sunny day… next to the JFK assassination. Turns out he was protesting JFK’s father’s support of Neville Chamberlain appeasing Hitler. He testified to Congress in 1978—with the umbrella!
Conspiracies swirled why he was holding an open umbrella on a sunny day… next to the JFK assassination. Turns out he was protesting JFK’s father’s support of Neville Chamberlain appeasing Hitler. He testified to Congress in 1978—with the umbrella!
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The world is so quirky. Reminds me of umbrella man.
Conspiracies swirled why he was holding an open umbrella on a sunny day… next to the JFK assassination. Turns out he was protesting JFK’s father’s support of Neville Chamberlain appeasing Hitler. He testified to Congress in 1978—with the umbrella!
Conspiracies swirled why he was holding an open umbrella on a sunny day… next to the JFK assassination. Turns out he was protesting JFK’s father’s support of Neville Chamberlain appeasing Hitler. He testified to Congress in 1978—with the umbrella!
Folks.
The next year in humanoid robotics is going to get deeply weird and will result in products I’ll be uncomfortable talking about.
The next year in humanoid robotics is going to get deeply weird and will result in products I’ll be uncomfortable talking about.
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Folks.
The next year in humanoid robotics is going to get deeply weird and will result in products I’ll be uncomfortable talking about.
The next year in humanoid robotics is going to get deeply weird and will result in products I’ll be uncomfortable talking about.
That real-life house now has fencing to deter would-be pizza tossers.
November 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
That real-life house now has fencing to deter would-be pizza tossers.
That sound you hear is Netflix backing a Brinks truck into his driveway.
November 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
That sound you hear is Netflix backing a Brinks truck into his driveway.
A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a gif.
November 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a gif.
Wildly ambitious. 1X is actually selling robots for home use and chores.
We’ll learn how useful and reliable these things are very quickly.
We’ll learn how useful and reliable these things are very quickly.
October 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Wildly ambitious. 1X is actually selling robots for home use and chores.
We’ll learn how useful and reliable these things are very quickly.
We’ll learn how useful and reliable these things are very quickly.
Taken at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).
Dear god that’s a lot of robots…
From Jin L on LinkedIn.
Dear god that’s a lot of robots…
From Jin L on LinkedIn.
October 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Taken at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).
Dear god that’s a lot of robots…
From Jin L on LinkedIn.
Dear god that’s a lot of robots…
From Jin L on LinkedIn.
I’m thrilled to be a researcher and Outreach Director for the Integrative Movement Sciences Institute.
This incredible scientific research center unites over 20 biology, physics, and engineering professors and their students to study how humans and animals move.
This incredible scientific research center unites over 20 biology, physics, and engineering professors and their students to study how humans and animals move.
October 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I’m thrilled to be a researcher and Outreach Director for the Integrative Movement Sciences Institute.
This incredible scientific research center unites over 20 biology, physics, and engineering professors and their students to study how humans and animals move.
This incredible scientific research center unites over 20 biology, physics, and engineering professors and their students to study how humans and animals move.
Update and correction.
New video shows it has yaw rotation in the neck.
New video shows it has yaw rotation in the neck.
October 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Update and correction.
New video shows it has yaw rotation in the neck.
New video shows it has yaw rotation in the neck.
Oh neat! I was catching up on IEEE Spectrum blog's Video Friday and saw my 2025 humanoids lecture made it!
@evanackerman.bsky.social has done great work there for so many years reporting on #robotics news.
My humanoids lecture:
youtu.be/dtGsw3hJtZI?...
@evanackerman.bsky.social has done great work there for so many years reporting on #robotics news.
My humanoids lecture:
youtu.be/dtGsw3hJtZI?...
October 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Oh neat! I was catching up on IEEE Spectrum blog's Video Friday and saw my 2025 humanoids lecture made it!
@evanackerman.bsky.social has done great work there for so many years reporting on #robotics news.
My humanoids lecture:
youtu.be/dtGsw3hJtZI?...
@evanackerman.bsky.social has done great work there for so many years reporting on #robotics news.
My humanoids lecture:
youtu.be/dtGsw3hJtZI?...
New Unitree humanoid dropped — the H2. 5’10” and 155lbs.
I’ll be honest, I don’t get the mannequin face. The neck doesn’t seem articulated, so it’s not like it will express more convincingly human or something.
Looks like they’ve scaled up their G1 design instead of directly iterating on the H1-2.
I’ll be honest, I don’t get the mannequin face. The neck doesn’t seem articulated, so it’s not like it will express more convincingly human or something.
Looks like they’ve scaled up their G1 design instead of directly iterating on the H1-2.
October 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New Unitree humanoid dropped — the H2. 5’10” and 155lbs.
I’ll be honest, I don’t get the mannequin face. The neck doesn’t seem articulated, so it’s not like it will express more convincingly human or something.
Looks like they’ve scaled up their G1 design instead of directly iterating on the H1-2.
I’ll be honest, I don’t get the mannequin face. The neck doesn’t seem articulated, so it’s not like it will express more convincingly human or something.
Looks like they’ve scaled up their G1 design instead of directly iterating on the H1-2.
Lord, give me the unbridled confidence to say that my work will redefine the global economy.
October 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Lord, give me the unbridled confidence to say that my work will redefine the global economy.
Incredible.
Humanoids are now *extremely* good at imitating human motion while balancing.
It’s called “motion retargeting”. It burst onto the humanoids scene just two years ago. Now it’s everywhere. It’s limited to preset choreography (it’s not improvising the moves) but it makes fantastic demos.
Humanoids are now *extremely* good at imitating human motion while balancing.
It’s called “motion retargeting”. It burst onto the humanoids scene just two years ago. Now it’s everywhere. It’s limited to preset choreography (it’s not improvising the moves) but it makes fantastic demos.
October 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Incredible.
Humanoids are now *extremely* good at imitating human motion while balancing.
It’s called “motion retargeting”. It burst onto the humanoids scene just two years ago. Now it’s everywhere. It’s limited to preset choreography (it’s not improvising the moves) but it makes fantastic demos.
Humanoids are now *extremely* good at imitating human motion while balancing.
It’s called “motion retargeting”. It burst onto the humanoids scene just two years ago. Now it’s everywhere. It’s limited to preset choreography (it’s not improvising the moves) but it makes fantastic demos.
Waterproof humanoid from Deep Robotics.
Neat but very "cart before the horse." Transparently so.
Neat but very "cart before the horse." Transparently so.
October 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Waterproof humanoid from Deep Robotics.
Neat but very "cart before the horse." Transparently so.
Neat but very "cart before the horse." Transparently so.
Good transparency from the CEO, but this is mostly shade thrown at Tesla.
Figure's Blog post:
www.figure.ai/news/introdu...
Figure's Blog post:
www.figure.ai/news/introdu...
October 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Good transparency from the CEO, but this is mostly shade thrown at Tesla.
Figure's Blog post:
www.figure.ai/news/introdu...
Figure's Blog post:
www.figure.ai/news/introdu...
Humanoid company CEO throwing shade.
October 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Humanoid company CEO throwing shade.
New result: a drone that can screw on a lightbulb
But it's more than that. Right now, the best robot hand controllers work very differently than our best locomotion controllers--they don't coordinate very well.
Seems like a good step toward making them work together, and for more than just flying.
But it's more than that. Right now, the best robot hand controllers work very differently than our best locomotion controllers--they don't coordinate very well.
Seems like a good step toward making them work together, and for more than just flying.
October 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
New result: a drone that can screw on a lightbulb
But it's more than that. Right now, the best robot hand controllers work very differently than our best locomotion controllers--they don't coordinate very well.
Seems like a good step toward making them work together, and for more than just flying.
But it's more than that. Right now, the best robot hand controllers work very differently than our best locomotion controllers--they don't coordinate very well.
Seems like a good step toward making them work together, and for more than just flying.
Aaaaannd it’s already ruined.
It’s true the controller is a neural network, but the routine is pre-choreographed. It’s not responding to the human and making decisions how to “fight,” (it’s probably not even using vision) which is of course what the typical person would assume by saying it’s “AI.”
It’s true the controller is a neural network, but the routine is pre-choreographed. It’s not responding to the human and making decisions how to “fight,” (it’s probably not even using vision) which is of course what the typical person would assume by saying it’s “AI.”
October 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Aaaaannd it’s already ruined.
It’s true the controller is a neural network, but the routine is pre-choreographed. It’s not responding to the human and making decisions how to “fight,” (it’s probably not even using vision) which is of course what the typical person would assume by saying it’s “AI.”
It’s true the controller is a neural network, but the routine is pre-choreographed. It’s not responding to the human and making decisions how to “fight,” (it’s probably not even using vision) which is of course what the typical person would assume by saying it’s “AI.”
I’ll highlight the best part—the balance.
They train it in a computer simulation, pushing it at random times during while attempting to execute the performance. That’s why it can take a shove, and can shimmy on one foot to rebalance.
While not fully new, it’s uncommon for a full-size humanoid.
They train it in a computer simulation, pushing it at random times during while attempting to execute the performance. That’s why it can take a shove, and can shimmy on one foot to rebalance.
While not fully new, it’s uncommon for a full-size humanoid.
October 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I’ll highlight the best part—the balance.
They train it in a computer simulation, pushing it at random times during while attempting to execute the performance. That’s why it can take a shove, and can shimmy on one foot to rebalance.
While not fully new, it’s uncommon for a full-size humanoid.
They train it in a computer simulation, pushing it at random times during while attempting to execute the performance. That’s why it can take a shove, and can shimmy on one foot to rebalance.
While not fully new, it’s uncommon for a full-size humanoid.
If it’s like other companies, they’re doing motion retargeting using deep reinforcement learning (DRL). That’s different than their typical balancing which is more traditional.
It’s cleaner than their prior DRL results👇, but likely because it’s designed to imitate the symmetry of human performance.
It’s cleaner than their prior DRL results👇, but likely because it’s designed to imitate the symmetry of human performance.
October 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
If it’s like other companies, they’re doing motion retargeting using deep reinforcement learning (DRL). That’s different than their typical balancing which is more traditional.
It’s cleaner than their prior DRL results👇, but likely because it’s designed to imitate the symmetry of human performance.
It’s cleaner than their prior DRL results👇, but likely because it’s designed to imitate the symmetry of human performance.
Good martial arts routine from Tesla.
It’s trained to do a pre-choreographed routine and the human is playing along.
I’ll wonk out more in the replies, but in short, their balance control is getting much better (other companies have too) but this is mostly a party trick.
It’s trained to do a pre-choreographed routine and the human is playing along.
I’ll wonk out more in the replies, but in short, their balance control is getting much better (other companies have too) but this is mostly a party trick.
October 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Good martial arts routine from Tesla.
It’s trained to do a pre-choreographed routine and the human is playing along.
I’ll wonk out more in the replies, but in short, their balance control is getting much better (other companies have too) but this is mostly a party trick.
It’s trained to do a pre-choreographed routine and the human is playing along.
I’ll wonk out more in the replies, but in short, their balance control is getting much better (other companies have too) but this is mostly a party trick.
Photo from a different era. My wife finds it so funny that it’s on our refrigerator.
September 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Photo from a different era. My wife finds it so funny that it’s on our refrigerator.
It's unclear if these security vulnerabilities are intentional or just mistakes.. but either isn't good.
And by everywhere, I mean these things are everywhere. Here's one strutting around West Hollywood in pride decor.
Karalyn Davis via Storyful.
www.youtube.com/shorts/OveZn...
And by everywhere, I mean these things are everywhere. Here's one strutting around West Hollywood in pride decor.
Karalyn Davis via Storyful.
www.youtube.com/shorts/OveZn...
September 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It's unclear if these security vulnerabilities are intentional or just mistakes.. but either isn't good.
And by everywhere, I mean these things are everywhere. Here's one strutting around West Hollywood in pride decor.
Karalyn Davis via Storyful.
www.youtube.com/shorts/OveZn...
And by everywhere, I mean these things are everywhere. Here's one strutting around West Hollywood in pride decor.
Karalyn Davis via Storyful.
www.youtube.com/shorts/OveZn...
This is the Unitree G1. You're seeing these robots all over because they're cheap (less than a car).
But techies keep finding security flaws: they secretly stream location data to China--and might be susceptible to remote takeover.
spectrum.ieee.org/unitree-robo... via @evanackerman.bsky.social
But techies keep finding security flaws: they secretly stream location data to China--and might be susceptible to remote takeover.
spectrum.ieee.org/unitree-robo... via @evanackerman.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is the Unitree G1. You're seeing these robots all over because they're cheap (less than a car).
But techies keep finding security flaws: they secretly stream location data to China--and might be susceptible to remote takeover.
spectrum.ieee.org/unitree-robo... via @evanackerman.bsky.social
But techies keep finding security flaws: they secretly stream location data to China--and might be susceptible to remote takeover.
spectrum.ieee.org/unitree-robo... via @evanackerman.bsky.social
Good news. Nyck did in fact have data on those beta values.
September 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Good news. Nyck did in fact have data on those beta values.