Robots are taking everyone’s jobs — and apparently even Olympic athletes aren’t safe, ’cause a major ath-tech-ic competition kicked off in China … with every microchip gunning for a championship!!
The three-day World Humanoid Robot Games launched on Friday … with a whopping 280 teams from 16 countries competing for the crown — while also conducting research on A.I. and electronics in the process.
The events range from kickboxing to track, soccer, table tennis and more (unsurprisingly, swimming didn’t make the cut) … and while there have been plenty of highlights, there have also been some moments that would be shoo-ins for “Shaqtin’ a Fool.”
Reports from the event have covered plenty of crashes and collapses … but impressively, some robo competitors have been able to get up on their own.
The head-to-head matchups are the big draw, but the nerds involved in the tournament are hoping to collect a ton of data to help robots with more meaningful use like factory gigs.
It sounds like the human Olympians are safe for now … but don’t be surprised if these robo-jocks get their bugs worked out over the next few decades and really start to make some noise!!
