A wild video shows the moment a weightlifting robot lost its balance and crashed directly into the judges’ panel during the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. As per reports, the incident occurred on Monday during the weightlifting final at the second edition of the games. The machine was then taken away on a stretcher. The heavy-lifting segment of the games is apparently designed to test the balance, joint torque, and stability of the robots with heavy loads.
Tiangong Ultra, developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, won its heat, according to the news agency Reuters . So far, the tournament has delivered an impressive engineering show, and also some chaotic entertainment. The robot overtook smartphone maker Honor’s Lightning near the finish after falling behind early in the race.
The second World Humanoid Robot Games includes 51 competitions and more than 2,000 robots from 16 countries. Despite the dramatic mishap, a robot from the Beijing Humanoid-HUST team managed to secure the event’s first gold medal after their machine successfully lifted a 16-kilogramme (35 lb) barbell overhead. The machine ran 100 metres in just 9.39 seconds in a preliminary heat at the games on Saturday. Lightning finished in 9.47 seconds, also faster than the 9.58-second record Bolt set at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin. The results marked a sharp improvement from last year’s inaugural games, when Tiangong Ultra won the 100 metres in 21.50 seconds.
Watch the video here: Recently, a Chinese humanoid robot broke the men’s world record previously held by Jamaican sprinting great Usain Bolt.
