In a historic fusion of athletic tradition and cutting-edge technology, humanoid robots and human runners took to the same half marathon course in Beijing on...

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  • eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nzEnglish
    4·
    7 days ago

    I don’t think we have much to worry about seeing as each robot needed about three people running beside them just in case.

    Also why did they make one of them a dwarf 😂

    • BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nzOP
      1·
      7 days ago

      Robot development isn’t going to end today. Last year this race couldn’t be run at all, next year I bet one will run autonomously. Ten years from now they will be running obstacle courses.

      Also why did they make one of them a dwarf 😂

      It’s probably a flex. Look how small we can make our motors and circuits. Also I am sure there are tons of industrial uses for short robots such as working underneath cars and such.

      • Venator@lemmy.nz
        1·
        7 days ago

        such as working underneath cars and such

        I think working on ducts/conduits in hazardous areas would be more likely, for cars you can just use existing tech such as the car lifts you see in every mechanic workshop 😁.