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"The time given to complete the task is one week or 168 hours, which is ten times longer than it would take a sportsman." Finally a triathlete I can beat (but keep in mind he is only 20 inches tall)!! This little guy is pretty cute. He even has his own little bike.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/15/us-el-japan-robot-idUSTRE78E11W20110915
http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/203777/robot-triathlete-challenges-human-dominance-ironman-course
Video is located below. It's pretty cool to watch:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8765233/Tiny-Japanese-robot-takes-on-Ironman-triathlon-challenge.html
haha..that is pretty funny! Good luck in your 1/2 IM in a week or so; can't wait to hear how you did.
ReplyDeletePart of me kind of laughs at the fact that they think the Ironman is an adequate challenge for a robot. I mean, these things are engineered to meet their challenges. The only glitch may be programming. But on the other hand, I'm really hoping the machine breaks down somewhere along the way!
ReplyDeleteAnd why does the machine get three bodies? Might as well consider it a relay Ironman.
Ha! I could beat him too! Now I feel really good about myself. :)
ReplyDeleteHa ha..too funny!
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