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China hosts world's first half-marathon race between humans and robots (www.youtube.com)

submitted 4 months ago by BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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 😁.