: the sport of traversing environmental obstacles by running, climbing, or leaping rapidly and efficiently
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How to make humanoids do versatile parkour jumping, clapping dance, cliff traversal, and box pick-and-move with a unified RL framework?
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IEEE Spectrum, 14 June 2024
Gymnastics demonstrations, a parkour course and a 15-foot free fall into an airbag will be some of the interactive activities offered.
—Samantha Wurm, Twin Cities, 12 June 2024
After weeks of Ryan Gosling doing parkour, singing along to breakup anthems, and making not-so-subtle Ken references, The Fall Guy has arrived in theaters… with a lackluster debut.
—EW.com, 5 May 2024
Ben Jenkin is a parkour artist Jenkin is the man behind some of the most daring stunts in the film, from fire burns to getting hit by a car.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 14 June 2024
Gymnastics demonstrations, a parkour course and a 15-foot free fall into an airbag will be some of the interactive activities offered.
—Samantha Wurm, Twin Cities, 12 June 2024
After weeks of Ryan Gosling doing parkour, singing along to breakup anthems, and making not-so-subtle Ken references, The Fall Guy has arrived in theaters… with a lackluster debut.
—EW.com, 5 May 2024
Ben Jenkin is a parkour artist Jenkin is the man behind some of the most daring stunts in the film, from fire burns to getting hit by a car.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
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parkour
noun
par·kour
pär-ˈku̇r 
ˈpär-ˌku̇r
: the sport of traversing environmental obstacles by running, climbing, or leaping rapidly and efficiently
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