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First Two-Legged Robot Marathon is Under Way In Osaka, Japan

Posted by Roblimo on from the four-legs-good-two-legs-bad dept.

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.

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  1. Cheating? by Prosthetic_Lips · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hey, who is judging this? One of the robots just crossed through the middle to get to the other side! Wow, those Japanese are good, they even built in cheating circuits!!