Japan's Robots Slug It Out To Win Championship
Japan's twelfth Robo-One championship match, where two-legged robots poke at each other, throw balloons and even sing to try win the world championship, took place on Saturday, December 2nd.
Twenty-one robots made it to the finals. To win the title of the world's strongest two-legged robot, the competitors need to be able to keep their balance, while punching and dodging blows and get up when pushed down.
The robots, which are all built by amateurs (people who do it for a hobby), are taught their moves by children, homemakers and robot fans all over the world. One robot was even programmed to sing, We wish you a Merry Christmas - unfortunately after his performance, a penguin robot toppled him - but the spectators loved the show.
Japan creates almost forty percent of the robots in the world and it is a popular but expensive hobby for a lot of amateurs. The cost of developing these robots is so high that most companies have abandoned the effort to manufacture them, so its left to amateurs and competitions like these to produce better and stronger robots.
Sources: reuters, guardian.co.uk
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- Raul crossWednesday, October 9, 2019 at 7:00 pmThis’s better than war bots
- CoolThursday, April 25, 2019 at 6:22 amI bet I can sing better than the robot. We wish you a merry Christmas we wish you a... etc. See.
- mattFriday, April 19, 2019 at 10:46 amthese robots made in japan are so cool!
- ericTuesday, April 2, 2019 at 9:14 amcool
iamawesome2019Friday, March 8, 2019 at 6:12 amlol- gggggThursday, March 7, 2019 at 6:11 amso cool
ogoppersonFriday, March 1, 2019 at 9:27 ampretty cool- ColtonWednesday, February 27, 2019 at 7:32 pmCool stuff!!!
- Bat manFriday, February 22, 2019 at 8:15 amIt was very short but cool!!!
- what?|Monday, January 21, 2019 at 6:55 amit was funny when the one bot twisted the other bots arm