{"slug": "jumper-cute-crab-robot", "title": "Jumper – Cute Crab Robot", "summary": "KingKong Robotics released Jumper, an open-source 22-DoF crab robot project whose repository is designed to be opened in an AI coding assistant so users can describe desired appearances, motions and scenes in one sentence. The project lets users create and export .skin appearance files, train and package tripod-gait motions as .app bundles, and build .map scenes, with training built on mjlab, rsl_rl, MuJoCo and MuJoCo Warp. Maintainer-owned materials are licensed under Apache-2.0, and a free Jumper is offered through the Crab Robot Challenge 2026.", "body_md": "**English** | [简体中文](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper/blob/main/README.zh.md)\n\nDesign appearances. Train motions. Create worlds for **Jumper**, a 22-DoF crab robot. [View hardware →](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper/blob/main/docs/HARDWARE.md)\n\nOpen this repository in an AI coding assistant and describe what you want in one sentence. The linked projects and guides below give your assistant the workflows to follow.\n\n🦀 **Get a free Jumper!** [Find out how →](https://beunlimited.me/zh/events/crab-robot-challenge-2026)\n\nDesign a warm sand ranger appearance for Jumper with coordinated body and limb colors, then export a `.skin`.\n\n| [**Warm sand ranger**](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper-design/blob/be74e0f2e5e2433d24a3a7b1c1aa0dbeae480356/library/skins/warm-sand-ranger-integrated-v2.skin) | [**Silver armor**](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper-design/blob/be74e0f2e5e2433d24a3a7b1c1aa0dbeae480356/library/skins/mecha-tripo-v3.skin) | [**Raphael Turtle**](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper-design/blob/be74e0f2e5e2433d24a3a7b1c1aa0dbeae480356/library/skins/raphael-turtle-v1.skin) | \n\nTrain a stable tripod gait for Jumper, replay and evaluate the result, then package it as an `.app`.\n\n| **Walk** | **Posture** | **Gesture** | \n| **Dance** | **Jump** | **Grasp** | \n\nCreate a park pump-track scene for Jumper with rolling terrain, trees and benches, then export a `.map`.\n\n| [**Park pump track**](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper-design/blob/be74e0f2e5e2433d24a3a7b1c1aa0dbeae480356/library/maps/park-pump-track.map) | [**Bedroom**](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper-design/blob/be74e0f2e5e2433d24a3a7b1c1aa0dbeae480356/library/maps/bedroom.map) | [**Soccer**](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper-design/blob/be74e0f2e5e2433d24a3a7b1c1aa0dbeae480356/library/maps/soccer.map) | \n\n| Resource | Purpose | \n|---|---|\n| [jumper-design](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper-design) | Appearance and scene creation; your assistant reads its [instructions](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper-design/blob/main/AGENTS.md) and uses its tools as needed. | \n| [Training tutorial](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper/blob/main/docs/TUTORIAL.md) | Motion training, replay and policy export in this repository. | \n| [Motion bundles](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper/blob/main/deploy/BUNDLE.md) | Package trained motions and their controller as an `.app` ; see the[build guide](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper/blob/main/deploy/README.md) for prerequisites. | \n| [Project guide](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper/blob/main/docs/PROJECT_GUIDE.md) | Setup, current capabilities and further documentation. | \n\nTraining builds on [mjlab](https://github.com/mujocolab/mjlab),\n[rsl_rl](https://github.com/leggedrobotics/rsl_rl), [MuJoCo](https://github.com/google-deepmind/mujoco)\nand [MuJoCo Warp](https://github.com/google-deepmind/mujoco_warp).\nExample appearance and scene images come from jumper-design; [image sources](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper/blob/main/docs/media/DESIGN_SOURCES.md)\nand [third-party notices](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper/blob/main/NOTICE) record attribution.\n\nCopyright 2026 KingKong Robotics.\n\nMaintainer-owned project materials are licensed under Apache-2.0. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper/blob/main/LICENSE),\n[NOTICE](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper/blob/main/NOTICE), and [licensing details](https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper/blob/main/docs/PROJECT_GUIDE.md#license).\nThird-party materials remain under their respective terms, and generated outputs do not\nautomatically inherit this repository's license.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jumper-cute-crab-robot", "canonical_source": "https://github.com/KingKongRobotics/jumper", "published_at": "2026-10-04 18:23:54+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-04 18:41:36.033008+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["robotics", "ai-agents", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["KingKong Robotics", "Jumper", "mjlab", "rsl_rl", "MuJoCo", "MuJoCo Warp", "Crab Robot Challenge 2026"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jumper-cute-crab-robot", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jumper-cute-crab-robot.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jumper-cute-crab-robot.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jumper-cute-crab-robot.jsonld"}}