If we thought running around a track in circles for one hour was bad, imagine this- steering a robot around a 212m indoor track for 11hrs. Yup, some poor grad student got stuck with this job on July 6th, but in the process BROKE THE WALKING RECORD FOR AN UNTETHERED ROBOT. Ok, now that's cool... 14.3miles in 11hrs before recharging (were those Blackberry GU batteries?!?). The team from Cornell also set an 8.7mile PR in the process (more than doubling your weekend long run?!?... now that's impressive... just hope the robot doesn't get injured). #20
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Robots... redefining monoteny
If we thought running around a track in circles for one hour was bad, imagine this- steering a robot around a 212m indoor track for 11hrs. Yup, some poor grad student got stuck with this job on July 6th, but in the process BROKE THE WALKING RECORD FOR AN UNTETHERED ROBOT. Ok, now that's cool... 14.3miles in 11hrs before recharging (were those Blackberry GU batteries?!?). The team from Cornell also set an 8.7mile PR in the process (more than doubling your weekend long run?!?... now that's impressive... just hope the robot doesn't get injured). #20
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