Bot bling at the 1st Athlete Humanoid Cup
Lem Fugitt on his robots-dreams.com blog is offering all sorts of “bot bling.” He has posted a fun video of robot breakdancing and foot races here on The First Kyosho Athlete Humanoid Cup (Windows Media Video, 28MB).
One the more interesting things about the Humanoid Cup is that it was held on the hyper-trendy Harajuku in the showcase Omotesando Hills complex and many of the robot tinkers entering the modified MANOI robot kits in the competition were women…Oh, be still my otaku soul, geek goddesses!
The First Kyosho Athlete Humanoid Cup!
Biped Robot Competition Leaps Forward
by Lem Fugitt, botmag.com, December 10, 2006 – Tokyo, Japan
The launch of the MANOI AT01 humanoid robot kit… was an instant success with many stores in Japan selling out of stock within a few days of its September introduction. So it was no surprise when a large number of customers turned out with their robots fully assembled and customized to compete in the first Kyosho Athletics Humanoid Cup event on December 10th in the trendy Omotesando Hills complex in Tokyo…more…
Bot idea via robots.net
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