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microduck is learning to plan its footsteps, so it lands more precisely where it wants to go with SLAM, this is one of the building blocks toward an open-source 🦆 that can wander around the house on its own early steps but it's progressing really fast and it's fun... show more

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Hynek Kydlíček2 days ago

The poor duck now wishes it got two cameras instead of one. Tracking would be much easier

Calcoras1 day ago

ya şuna iki parmaklı bir çift kolda eklesenize :) Ne vicdansız geliştiricilersiniz siz ya :)

Techboy | AI & Tech2 days ago

footstep planning plus slam is the combo that turns a walking demo into something that can actually move around a room. cool that it's open source

🛸#𝕀𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕥𝕠𝕗𝔸𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤1 day ago

I love the qr

Emilio1 day ago

when does microduck start roaming the house 🦆

Evgeny Skoropisov2 days ago

rubber duck debugging is about to get a lot more proactive

Daniel Priscu1 day ago

foot placement is such an underrated skill for small robots. landing where it planned is what keeps it from tipping on a rug edge

Will1 day ago

how close is it to mapping a whole room

Thomas Wolf1 day ago

pretty close - you'll enjoy reading that :

chit🇰🇷2 days ago

omg.................

Leon2 days ago

slam on a tiny build is honestly insane, home navigation is getting real fast

MASA1 day ago

How does it handle transitioning from wood to rugs?

Ash Hart1 day ago

This is sick dude!

Niki Victoria1 day ago

duck's got places to be

gehirnverbrenner1 day ago

Hammer 😁

Serhatim771 day ago

Bu kadar sallanmasa daha çabuk oğrenir

Jimmy Young | building LUCI1 day ago

is the tag on the paper the localization anchor, or just the footstep target for now?

Cheddar_Chief🇺🇸🦅1 day ago

They are so darn cute.

Hybrid 🏃🏾1 day ago

This is so cool. I love these little guys

Dominik1 day ago

footstep planning is how a toy starts becoming a navigator

corhoon1 day ago

footstep planning already makes it look way more deliberate. a little duck wandering the house is going to be great

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