AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Weightlifting robot topples onto judges' table at China's cyborg Olympics, gets hauled off on a stretcher
A humanoid robot competing in the weightlifting final at China's World Humanoid Robot Games collapsed head first onto a judges' table after failing to lift a weight, a moment that undercut Beijing's ambitious push to dominate the global robotics race. The black and white robot gripped the weight, quivered, and managed to hoist it above […] The post Weightlifting robot topples onto judges' table at China's cyborg Olympics, gets hauled off on a stretcher appeared first on American Almanac .
A humanoid robot competing in the weightlifting final at China's World Humanoid Robot Games collapsed head first onto a judges' table after failing to lift a weight, a moment that undercut Beijing's ambitious push to dominate the global robotics race. The black and white robot gripped the weight, quivered, and managed to hoist it above its head before the shaking worsened. It dropped the weight, malfunctioned, stumbled toward the judges' table, and collapsed directly onto it. Officials immediately halted the competition and declared the attempt over. Staff in red vests placed the robot on a stretcher and escorted it off the floor, the Daily Mail reported . No cause of the malfunction was given. No injuries to judges or staff were…Open