Although the ability to dance can be very interesting and eye, they do not really show how useful human robots are in situations in the real world, Fern said. Even being able to run half a marathon is not a very useful benchmark for their skills, it is not the same as the market demand for robots that can compete with running people. The benchmarks that Fern says important to him are how they can handle diverse tasks in a diverse real world without human step -by -step instructions. However, I hope to see China changing this year to focus more on doing useful things, because people will be bored with dancing and karate, Mr. Fern Fern said.
The robots participated in the race in many forms. The shortest is only 2 feet and 5 inches high. Sports a blue and white sportswear and waving to viewers every second, it is probably the favorite of the crowd. The highest, at the height of the nine -inch feet, is the winner of Tianongong Ultra.
What all robots have in common is that they are two wheels instead of running on wheels, one request to participate in the race. As long as the robots meet that requirements, they can freely create and the companies behind them have applied a series of strategies to try to get advantages compared to their rivals. Some people wear children's sports shoes (although they are twisted into their pedals to avoid falling out). Others are equipped with knee pads to protect their delicate parts from damage when they fall. Most robots have removed their fingers and some even lack of heads, you don't need such parts to run, and eliminate them that reduce the weight of the robot and the amount of the burden on their motors.
Tianngong Ultra and another model, the N2 robot produced by Chinese company Noetix Robotics, won second place in the race, standing out with a consistent speed, though slow. The performance of other people is mainly disaster. A robot named Huanhuan, has a human head, only moves at the speed of a snail for a few minutes while its head shake uncontrollably when it can fall out at any time.
Another robot named Shennong looks like a true Franklystein monster, with a head similar to Gundam and four drones towards the back. It lies on a platform with eight wheels, and it is not clear how it is not eliminated. But that was not even the biggest problem of Shennong, because the robot immediately spin in two circles after taking off from the starting line, stabbing into the wall and pulling down its operators with it. It was painful to see.
The tube tape has been shown to be the most effective tool to solve the problem. Not only people accompanied by temporary robot shoes with tape, they also use it to follow the robot's head back to the body after it constantly falls out during the running process, creating some very jarring scenes.
Each robot has people who run people, usually two or three running beside them. Some control panels allow them to provide robots, including how fast they go, while other operators guide their robots and try to eliminate potential obstacles on the ground. Quite a lot of the figures that have been kept on what looks like a pet chain. You want to think about these robots like running a remote control car through the race. But the robots do not have wheels, Fern said.