Human corridors against robotics contestants
In a box surrounded by metal fences, under the Spring sun, A group of human robots Prepare for an unimaginable: running half a marathon.
They will do this on Saturday in the capital of China, Beijing, in the Zahuang Technological Zone, and the exchange of departure and the tour with the human corridors, in The first race in the world of this kindAccording to the organizers, who seek to practice coexistence between people and machines.
It is not an exhibition, but it is an artistic test in real circumstances, in a 21 -A urban circuit kilometer with curves, earrings and irregular surfacesAlthough two types of athletes will be separated by the specified corridors.
almost 20 human robots will participate, accompanied by their artistic groupsOperators and reference hostility.
“It is not just a race. It is a global innovation platform. We want robots with us,” Liang Liang, Vice -Chairman of the Organizing Committee.
Months of “training” at the present time
Many robots that will compete for walking, not running. Its teams spent a few weeks to adjust the algorithms, enhance the structures and exercise on the asphalt.
Some are equipped with effects to absorb effects. Others will follow a human corridor to keep pace with speed.
“Our robot has just walked. We had to teach him to run and do so at long distances,” Droidup, one of the participating companies explained.
Comparison with formula 1 is not transverse: robots compete in Countreloj format, with Technical stops to change batteries or make adjustments. The goal is to complete the distance without critical errors, not necessarily reaching first.
Among the participants who exercise in the previous days, Tiangong stands out, Robot 1.8 scale is already participated in Beijing in half a human marathon Last November, “closing the rabbit” -the “broom” corridor that closes the race. Then, he only toured the first and final sections.
“Now the goal is to take the entire tour,” says Oliver Ji.
