Ostrich: Taking Large Strides Through Stiff Contact in Differentiable Dynamics

arXiv:2609.08800 · cs.RO, cs.GR, cs.LG · Submitted 2026-09-08 · Read on arXiv

cs.RO, cs.GR, cs.LG

Submitted: 2026-09-08

Updated: 2026-09-08

Comments: 8 pages, 6 figures. Submitted to IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Code: https://github.com/aleskucera/ostrich

Code: https://github.com/aleskucera/ostrich

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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