Friday Fun: Skiing Robots Race Down Slopes, Warm Our Hearts – IEEE Spectrum

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/ski-robot-challenge
The Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, ended late last month with the robotic ski competition. An admittedly hilarious video of the event went around last week.

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  1. Tomi Engdahl says:

    These robotic skiers hit the slopes in style
    https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/02/these-electronic-skiers-hit-the-slopes-in-style/?ncid=rss&utm_source=tcfbpage&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=FaceBook&sr_share=facebook

    Researchers took part in the Ski Robot Challenge last month and the resulting videos – essentially quick cuts of robots in ski jackets totally whanging off the gates and spinning out in the powder. The Challenge, run by the Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement, is sort of a Winter Olympics for wonky androids.

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