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Traversing the Narrow Path: A Two-Stage Reinforcement Learning Framework for Humanoid Beam Walking
TianChen Huang, Wei Gao, Runchen Xu, Shiwu Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20661

Traversing the Narrow Path: A Two-Stage Reinforcement Learning Framework for Humanoid Beam Walking
Traversing narrow beams is challenging for humanoids due to sparse, safety-critical contacts and the fragility of purely learned policies. We propose a physically grounded, two-stage framework that couples an XCoM/LIPM footstep template with a lightweight residual planner and a simple low-level tracker. Stage-1 is trained on flat ground: the tracker learns to robustly follow footstep targets by adding small random perturbations to heuristic footsteps, without any hand-crafted centerline locking…

Mamdani follows in AOC’s footsteps,
having defeated an entrenched figure of the establishment with grassroots progressive support.
So this was a sweet moment.
Mamdani has received supportive words from both Senator Chuck Schumer…
And Governor Kathy Hochul…
Hopefully, formal endorsements are forthcoming.
An unintended, but hopeful consequence of Mamdani’s win is that, at 33 years old, he has inspired other young people to want to run for office themselves.…

Good News For Progressive Views The Week Of 6/20-6/26
On Tuesday, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani shocked New York politics by defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for NYC mayor.

Wait: econ professors get *bonuses*? For what, being such darling peaches?

@… Leuke fotostrip weer.

mmmh, lecker schmecker Eis nur für heute. Gut das @… so viel arbeitet damit Ich mir das ganze Eis leisten kann!
Glücklicherweise gibt sie sich mit einem Eis im Monat als Bezahlung zufrieden, haha...

« Et si les livres nous apprenaient Š nous soucier des autres ? »
– « Le chat qui voulait sauver les livres » de Sôsuke Natsukawa, un joli petit roman japonais sur le pouvoir des livres. (Et un chat exceptionel.) #2025reads #BooksofMastodon

Doing some work outside, I hear an “alarm” sound coming from my (senior) neighbours’ house.
A droning, repeating sound. It goes on a few times before I start to wonder if someone needs to pay attention to that.
Is it a fire alarm? Is it another sort of “something bad is happening” alert? It’s loud, but not TOO loud… Should I worry? Should I check on them?
Then I hear footsteps and “Allô?”
Of course… it was just their house telephone ringing. Forgot those existed for a…

„Für die Beschäftigten von Frauenhäusern und Beratungsstellen sollte es demnach eine bundesweite Anlaufstelle geben, die Fortbildungen und Informationen zum Umgang mit digitaler Gewalt anbiete.“
Fordert die #GFMK. Fürchte, die Koalition wird das Thema #TechnikbasierteGewalt weiter i…