Explaining the tech behind the viral chinese new year robot performance 🤖🧠 From 2025 to 2026, robots went from scripted steps to real time adaptive movement - meaning they’re now computing balance, momentum, and landing simultaneously State Estimation: robot constantly figuring out where its own body is in space from imperfect sensors Contact Transition Control: when a foot hits the ground, it creates a sudden force spike. The robot has ~10ms to detect it, switch control modes, and absorb the