Robot Marathon in Japan

erco

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110226/wl_asia_afp/japantechnologyrobotmarathonoffbeat

I like robots and I like running marathons. Too bad I didn't decide to join the two together! Yep, tiny humanoid robots ran 42 kilometers over several days in Osaka. The winner: 55 hours, averaging 0.77 Km/hr.

Humanoido

erco wrote: »

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110226/wl_asia_afp/japantechnologyrobotmarathonoffbeat
I like robots and I like running marathons. Too bad I didn't decide to join the two together! Yep, tiny humanoid robots ran 42 kilometers over several days in Osaka. The winner: 55 hours, averaging 0.77 Km/hr.

Wow! I noticed they were allowed to change batteries AND servo motors..

erco

Actually I think the Cornell Ranger robot (radio controlled) that walked 14 miles nonstop is a bigger achievement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjTLSpFyi38 (robot collapses from sheer exhaustion at 0:38!)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100722143905.htm
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July10/RobotRecord.html