China: For the first time in a 21 miles race, human computers joined hundreds of riders at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday ( Apr 4).
Some of the robots from Chinese manufacturers, including DroidVP and Noetix Robotics, were shorter than 120 centimeters, while others were as large as 1.8 meters. One company claimed that its robot resembled a woman with feminine characteristics and the ability to smile and teeth.
Some businesses ran testing of their computers months before the competition. Given the need for architecture and navigation groups, Beijing authorities have described the event as more like a race car competitors.
” The computers are operating very well, quite firm… He Sishu, a worker in artificial intelligence, said,” I feel like I’m witnessing the development of computers and AI.
The drones were accompanied by animal instructors, some of whom had to rigorously support the systems throughout the contest.
One robot wore boxing gloves, and the other wore a dark hat with the Chinese phrase” Bound to Win.”
Tiangong Ultra from the Beijing Innovation Center of Human Robotics won the machine competition in two days and 40 days. The race’s male champion finished in 1 minute and 2 minutes.