<p><b> by Vocativ Staff</b></p><p>Now, Google is teaching its robots to scale city walls.<p>To create robots that can navigate the real world, Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence is learning “parkour,” the visually stunning sport of navigating real-world urban environments using acrobatic jumps and gymnastic balance.</p><p>In what looks like the weirdest video game ever, researchers gave the AI a sense of balance and the desire to move forward. Then, they let the programming loose in a “Super Mario”-like environment.</p><p>Through reinforcement learning, DeepMind programmed every move for the AI, such as grabbing ledges with its knee and knowing how far to jump to clear gaps.</p><p>Projects like this could teach our future robot co-workers how to walk up stairs, navigate an office, and ultimately take over our jobs and lives.</p><p>But for now, no worries when they look like this.</p></p><br /> <p>The post Google’s DeepMind Teaches Itself Parkour</a> appeared first on Vocativ</a>.</p>
