China Is Hosting The World’s First Foot Race Between Humans and Robots
Track Star In the race to build the best humanoid robots, China is quite literally ahead of the pack. As the South China Morning Post reports, the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, or E-Town is hosting 12,000 humans and humanoid robots from more than 20 companies in a half-marathon race this April. The race will be roughly 13 miles, and robotic comeptitors cannot have wheels and must stand between 1.5 and 6.5 feet tall. In a statement, E-Town added that "competing robots must have a humanoid appearance and mechanical structure capable of bipedal walking or running movements." Though this seems to be […]
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