**Title:** Robot Sports Reveal Gaps in Perception and Control

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**Summary:** Chris Paxton explores how advancements in robot sports like soccer and tennis highlight the current limitations in robotic perception and sensorimotor control, noting the reliance on external trackers to compensate for onboard sensing shortcomings. The post argues that closing this gap is critical for the future of robotics.

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Original source quotation: “Robots are increasingly capable of incredibly fluid, reactive whole body control - but their ability to perceive the world while doing so is incredibly limited.”
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What do robot sports teach us?

We have seen incredibly cool progress in robot soccer and tennis recently, but just as interesting is what we definitely do not see.

Robots are increasingly capable of incredibly fluid, reactive whole body control - but their ability to perceive the world while doing so is incredibly limited. And so we see shortcuts being taken, external trackers used, to avoid the limitations of onboard sensing and sensorimotor control while in challenging environments.

The future of robotics will require closing this gap.

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https://itcanthink.substack.com/p/what-do-robot-sports-teach-us?r=3uj5js&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web