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02-13-2018, 08:41 AM
Robots are having their own Olympics, but they kind of suck at skiing
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Don't worry, the robot uprising isn't coming yet. The mechanic athletes competing Hoengseong, about an hour outside Pyeongchang, South Korea are a mess.*
Eight robotics teams from South Korea's research institutes, universities and a private company competed in a tournament called "Edge of Robot: Ski Robot Challenge." The goal? Race robots down a ski slope without crashing and take home $10,000.
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The whole tournament is pretty adorable. This leashed robot, named Ludobi, made it through the slaloms without hitting any obstacles, but had its human creators trotting after it.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/12/skiing-robots-winter-olympics/)
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Don't worry, the robot uprising isn't coming yet. The mechanic athletes competing Hoengseong, about an hour outside Pyeongchang, South Korea are a mess.*
Eight robotics teams from South Korea's research institutes, universities and a private company competed in a tournament called "Edge of Robot: Ski Robot Challenge." The goal? Race robots down a ski slope without crashing and take home $10,000.
SEE ALSO: The Netherlands celebrated their Winter Olympics win by trolling Trump (https://mashable.com/2018/02/10/the-netherlands-troll-trump-2018-olympic-games/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The whole tournament is pretty adorable. This leashed robot, named Ludobi, made it through the slaloms without hitting any obstacles, but had its human creators trotting after it.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/12/skiing-robots-winter-olympics/)
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