World's first robot marathon started

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World's first robot marathon kicks off

The world's first robot marathon is under way in western Japan, with five two-legged participants racing on an indoor track.

 

[BLIXEMPIE]

Uhm... Why?

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Uhm... Why?

To see whose Terminator is a better Terminator...



Rise of the Machines(tm)

 

[(@) (@) twister]

I loved the british Robot Wars show. The American show was crap.

 

[satanboy]

Awesome...

 

[VioAdmin]

I will attend ALL the future ones for sure!

 

[grok]

A marathon sounds so wussy - it should have been a deathmatch!

 

[medicnick83]

They could spend their time trying to find ways of making planet earth better, and instead, they doing this... eish!

 

[Messugga]

They could spend their time trying to find ways of making planet earth better, and instead, they doing this... eish!

Yes, because knowledge gained from this can't be used in prosthetics, the exploration of hazardous environments or a whole list of other possibilities.

 

[Voltorr]

Yes, because knowledge gained from this can't be used in prosthetics, the exploration of hazardous environments or a whole list of other possibilities.

Yes, like cooking and cleaning my house as well

This is a terrific idea, once the basic building blocks are made the goals can widen. Even those ultimate fighter guys need to learn to walk first!

 

[shogun]

They could spend their time trying to find ways of making planet earth better, and instead, they doing this... eish!

And people that make hollywood movies? Entertainers of any form actually. What are they doing to make the earth better?

What they are learning here has tremendous potential for enhancing technology. Think about it... making a machine robust enough to run a marathon? All they are doing is adding a little fun in the process. Perhaps it'll entice a few more people to study engineering (badly needed) as opposed to becoming strippers






Disclaimer: I have nothing against entertainers / hollywood or strippers. I was just pointing out the apparent uselessness of it when you step back and judge from the outside

 

[Tanarri]

They could spend their time trying to find ways of making planet earth better, and instead, they doing this... eish!

100 % lead bullets for all you tree huggers

 

[Keeper]

Uhm... Why?

They could spend their time trying to find ways of making planet earth better, and instead, they doing this... eish!

sigh.....
you just don't get it guys :erm:


I bet when they were trying to go to space...people said "Uhh....why?


Science is good, and we can all thank the geeks of the world for everything we have....because it was all made by Geeks.
This will bring more competition in the field of robotics, much like racing improved land speeds.

 

[Voltorr]

And people that make hollywood movies? Entertainers of any form actually. What are they doing to make the earth better?

What they are learning here has tremendous potential for enhancing technology. Think about it... making a machine robust enough to run a marathon? All they are doing is adding a little fun in the process. Perhaps it'll entice a few more people to study engineering (badly needed) as opposed to becoming strippers

I agree with most of what you said, but you should have used sportsman (maybe included under entertainers) rather than strippers. I love sport but it is just entertainment at the end of the day, on the other hand strippers serve a much more important function. For every engineer a varsity creates they should sponsor the training of one stripper/exotic-dancer!