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Robot To Slowly Run Ironman Triathlon Course

Posted by timothy on from the slow-and-steady-kills-the-humans dept.

itwbennett writes "A robot designed by Panasonic will be running the course of this year's Ironman World Championship triathlon next month. But don't expect it to win. The diminutive robot won't even be competing in the actual race. It will start the Ironman course Oct. 24 and finish in about a week (168 hours), according to its designer. 'Evolta's height is just one-tenth of a grown man, so we figured out that it would take it 10 times more time,' Panasonic design engineer Tomotaka Takahashi told Reuters."

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  1. Triathalon by camperdave · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As far as this "robot" is concerned, it is a toy. It needs floats to swim, training wheels on it's bicycle, and it runs in a hamster wheel. Heck, it's not even the same robot running the three legs of the Ironman! This has nothing to do with robotics. It is a publicity stunt for Panasonic's Evolta batteries.

    Regarding the Ironman triathalon. I agree with my brother. They should put the swimming last. It would be a different race if you either finish, or die trying.

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  2. PSA: Parent link contains gaping ass by spazdor · · Score: 3, Insightful

    warning: goatse

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  3. Weird logic by Rob+Kaper · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They should build a robot 120 times taller than a human. It could run a marathon in a minute, or LA-NY in an hour and a half.