First Two-Legged Robot Marathon is Under Way In Osaka, Japan 28
gregg writes "Five knee-high androids have crossed the starting line in the world's first marathon for two-legged robots.The contestants are expected to take four days to complete the course, which involves 423 laps of an indoor track."
The live robot marathon video feed will make you realize that not all robots are worthy of fear. Or even worth watching for more than a few minutes.
And the Winner was.. (Score:4, Informative)
We heart Osaka!
That was a fun event to watch, I stayed with it for the last couple hours. Near the end they help up the lead robot to make the finish more exciting, Osaka would have been #2, the other one (I cant find a contestant list) was of the same design. the third place robot (still moving) did about 219 laps of the 422, next was 127, and the fifth robot didn't have a lap count at the end, so probably failed early on. Ah, heres the results: http://www.mastinepal.com/showthread.php?t=11938 [mastinepal.com]