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A stair-climbing robot that catches itself when it falls
29 May 2026
Singapore University of Technology and Design
SUTD researchers have developed a reinforcement-learning-based safety system that teaches a stair-traversing service robot to brace itself mid-fall, addressing one of the biggest barriers to deploying autonomous robots on staircases.