Instructions to use nocrab/microduck-backflip with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- Microduck
How to use nocrab/microduck-backflip with Microduck:
# Replace SLOT with the slot specified in the model card (walk, stand, sitstand, ground_pick, kick_left, kick_right, roulade). sudo robotctl policy load SLOT nocrab/microduck-backflip
- Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
Download manifest.json from nocrab/microduck-backflip: direct link, hf CLI and curl.
- Browser
- Download file 1.76 kB
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https://huggingface.co/nocrab/microduck-backflip/resolve/main/manifest.json
- Command line
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hf download hf://nocrab/microduck-backflip/manifest.json
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curl -L -o manifest.json https://huggingface.co/nocrab/microduck-backflip/resolve/main/manifest.json
1.76 kB
| { | |
| "schema_version": 2, | |
| "model_api": 1, | |
| "name": "backflip", | |
| "kind": "episodic", | |
| "obs_len": 61, | |
| "action_len": 14, | |
| "action_scale": 1.0, | |
| "entry_pose": "standing", | |
| "duration_s": 0.3, | |
| "description": "Backflip from a stand (head-spring style) and land on its feet; starts when twist[0] goes to 1. SIM ONLY.", | |
| "command": { | |
| "encoding": "constant", | |
| "idle": [ | |
| 0, | |
| 0, | |
| 0 | |
| ], | |
| "twist": [ | |
| "start switch: 1 for ~0.2-0.5 s starts the flip, then 0 while it flies and lands (install with --command 1,0,0)", | |
| "unused (0)", | |
| "unused (0)" | |
| ], | |
| "head": "unused (zeros)", | |
| "body": "unused (zeros)" | |
| }, | |
| "robot": { | |
| "model": "microduck", | |
| "hw_rev": 1, | |
| "servos": "xl330", | |
| "control_hz": 50 | |
| }, | |
| "training": { | |
| "task_id": "Mjlab-Backflip-Flat-MicroDuck", | |
| "repo": "pollen-robotics/microduck_rl", | |
| "commit": "4757d6ae", | |
| "branch": "flamingo", | |
| "dirty": true, | |
| "run": "local 2026-10-26_15-47-20_run2, model_2999 (3000 it, 4096 envs, RTX 5080, 1h34m)", | |
| "checkpoint": 2999 | |
| }, | |
| "eval": { | |
| "sim_proxy": "mjlab training env with full domain randomization (64 standing starts per row), plus duck-sim (real robotd vs MuJoCo body)", | |
| "training_env": "switch at 1.0 s for 0.3 s: 100% full flip and land; at 0.3 s / 2.5 s: 100%; window 0.2 / 0.5 s: 100% / 98%; switch at the first step: 88%; switch never on: 0 flips, 100% standing", | |
| "duck_sim": "robot do backflip x30 with --command 1,0,0 --hold 0.3 --unwind 2.5: 29/30 full flips, 30/30 ended standing, no fall/limp verdicts, 1.00x real time", | |
| "peak_impact_m_s2": 26, | |
| "known_limits": "head-spring: the head pushes off the floor for ~0.1-0.3 s every flip; ~2.6 g landing peaks; never tested on hardware" | |
| } | |
| } | |