RoboGames 2011 – Middle Weight Humanoid Kung-Fu Final (Video)
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While the top players in the Lightweight Humanoid Robot Kung-Fu competition turned out to be from the US, the top middle weight robots hailed from Asia.
The final Middle Weight Humanoid Robot Kung-Fu match was Zaura, from Japan, versus RND_Wimbleton, from Korea.
You can recognize RND_Wimbleton by the red markings. Zaura resembles a mechanical robot dinosaur in many respects - and even growls ferociously, kind of like a modern day Godzilla. You may have watched Zaura in action last year when he appeared with Samantha Brown on the Travel Channel.
RoboGames 2011 – Lightweight Humanoid Robot Kung Fu Final (Video)
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The humanoid robot performance level at RoboGames has gotten better and better, year by year as the robot builders have gained experience in battle. This year at RoboGames 2011, they reached a totally new high performance level.
In the Lightweight classification, under 2 kg. in total weight, Krunk faced off against Shadow Blade for first place and the Gold Medal.
"All the better to grab you with, Grandma…"
Looks like DexHand is building something really interesting....
RoboGames 2012 Schedule Set
This year's RoboGames just wrapped up and we haven't even had the time to finish posting all the Robots Dreams videos. But, the schedule for RoboGames 2012 is already fixed. Next years event schedule is April 20th through April 22nd (Sunday) at the San Mateo Fairgrounds.
ROBOTECH Show On Schedule
The annual ROBOTECH show at the Tokyo Big SIght convention center is on schedule for July 13th-15th, 2011. It's not a big robot show, and can't even begin to compare to IREX, but if you are involved with service robotics and/or manufacturing technology it is definitely worth spending an afternoon to check out the latest developments and meet some of the key companies and researchers.
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