When in 2004 the film was released Yo Robot Starring Will Smith maybe some could already presage that, twenty years later, Androids would have their own 'Olympic Games'.
And since last Thursday, August 14, hundreds of machines scheduled to achieve maximum performance They have competed in different sports disciplines such as table tennis, football, boxing or athletics. They have done it in the first world games of humanoid robots held in Beijing (China), one of the international cribs of the technology and the robotics.
As with the 'human' Olympic Games, The 1,500 test has been one of the most attractive. In this emblematic distance the bípedo robot of the Chinese company Unitree expired, covering the distance in a time of 6 minutes and 34 seconds (Rhythm of 4: 22/km).
The race passed with great interest to many fans, but not precisely because the victory was adjusted in the final meters, but because Many of the participants suffered various technical problems During the competition. One of the robots ended up on the floor and with a mutilated arm, and another of the machines his head detached in the middle of the race.
In any case, these world world games of humanoid robots are already part of the history of technology and, in some way, also of sport. Backed by the Chinese government, they have gathered about half a thousand robots (500 machines) and equipment 16 countries Among those included by the United States, Japan, Germany and, of course, the Chinese host.
