HlibPlakhtii/microduck-crowd-rockstar

The Crowd's Rockstar — Climb, Then Sing

An eight-duck, 20-second concert for MicroDuck Got a Talent. Five ducks form a living staircase; the lead climbs it, reaches the top, then starts its solo at 12 seconds. Two additional fans cheer from the sides. The original pentatonic melody is accompanied by bass, rhythmic duck notes and synthesized duck voices.

What this entry changes

The ONNX controller is unchanged from jrubiosainz/microduck-game-staircase-pyramid. The six-duck climbing choreography is credited to jrubiosainz. This entry adds an original musical arrangement, voice settings, two fan ducks and their head/cheer choreography. The lead's song starts only after the climb. This version holds a stable platform; it does not claim a completed moving crowd-surf stunt.

Local validation

The unmodified Arena evaluator played all 20 seconds with eight ducks and no falls under its fall rule. The lead remained standing for 19.7 seconds. Validation used the official event start, MuJoCo 3.10.0 and ONNX Runtime 1.24.4. The server result is authoritative. This is an in-sample simulation performance, not a controller for use on a physical robot.

Credits and license

• jrubiosainz: the Duck Staircase Pyramid controller, climbing network, correction table, bow controller, poses and original six-duck choreography. The complete upstream model card is in BASE_MODEL_CARD.md.
• Pollen Robotics: the walking networks, MicroDuck model, Arena simulator and voice synthesizer.
• HlibPlakhtii's entry: the original musical score, sound design, added fan choreography and integration, prepared with AI assistance.

The upstream LICENSE and NOTICE are preserved. No physics, evaluator, vote records or leaderboard data were modified.

timeline.json is the full performance. make_rockstar.py and prototype-config.json preserve the generation settings; the approved version uses amplitude=0 and carry=0.