Stalin
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It is only a matter of time before some genius arms these robots and sends them of to battle; if it is not being done already..
They can already carry the shopping, cook and clean. Now they can run and win half marathons.
In perhaps the most unusual spectacle ever seen at the end of the 13.1-mile (21.1km) race, robots flew over the finish line ahead of the humans for the first time in Beijing on Sunday. And there wasn’t a bead of sweat in sight.
While the living, breathing humans collapsed in a familiar heap on the ground, red-faced, clad in silver foil blankets and fantasising about a long lunch, the humanoids stood tall and unscathed. Some even seemed slightly bored, exchanging looks as if to say: “Shall we go again?”
The machine that won the race in Beijing also eclipsed the human world record, set last month.
Lightning, made by Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker, completed the half marathon in 50min 26sec, according to a WeChat post by the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, also known as E-Town, where the race kicked off.
That was several minutes faster than the human world record-holder, Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo, who finished the same distance in 57min 20sec in March in Lisbon.
www.theguardian.com
comrade stalin
moscow
They can already carry the shopping, cook and clean. Now they can run and win half marathons.
In perhaps the most unusual spectacle ever seen at the end of the 13.1-mile (21.1km) race, robots flew over the finish line ahead of the humans for the first time in Beijing on Sunday. And there wasn’t a bead of sweat in sight.
While the living, breathing humans collapsed in a familiar heap on the ground, red-faced, clad in silver foil blankets and fantasising about a long lunch, the humanoids stood tall and unscathed. Some even seemed slightly bored, exchanging looks as if to say: “Shall we go again?”
The machine that won the race in Beijing also eclipsed the human world record, set last month.
Lightning, made by Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker, completed the half marathon in 50min 26sec, according to a WeChat post by the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, also known as E-Town, where the race kicked off.
That was several minutes faster than the human world record-holder, Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo, who finished the same distance in 57min 20sec in March in Lisbon.
Humanoid robots show rapid advances as they race past humans in Beijing half marathon
Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism as they whizzed past human runners in Beijing
comrade stalin
moscow