Beijing: twenty -one humanoid robots joined 1000’s of runners on the Yizhuang half marathon in Beijing on Saturday (April 4), the primary time these machines ran along with people for a 21 km course.
The robots of Chinese producers resembling Droidvp and Noetix Robotics arrived in all styles and sizes, some shorter 120 cm, others as much as 1.8 m excessive. A society boasted that its robotic appeared nearly human, with feminine traits and the power to wink and smile.
Some firms examined their robots for weeks earlier than the race. Beijing officers described the occasion as extra just like a racing automobile competitors, given the necessity for engineering and navigation groups.
“Robots work very effectively, very secure … I really feel I witness the evolution of robots and synthetic intelligence,” mentioned spectator Heishu, who works in synthetic intelligence.
The robots had been accompanied by human trainers, a few of whom needed to bodily assist the machines throughout the race.
Some robots wore racing footwear, with one who wore boxing gloves and one other who wore a pink band with the phrases “destined to win” in Chinese.
The profitable robotic was Tiangong Ultra, from the Beijing Innovation Center of Human Robotics, with a time of two hours and 40 minutes. The male winner of the race had a time of 1 hour and a couple of minutes.
