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When it comes to Japan and technology, trust us when we say that they spare almost nothing to remain outstanding. A few weeks ago, we posted up news about the country’s new ultra luxe train. You didn’t think we’d stop there, did you?
According to SlashGear, Japan has plans to stage a Robot Olympics in 2020 alongside the summer games which will be hosted in Tokyo. Of course, this isn’t the first of robot sports for Japan as they were the first to hold the annual international robotics competition, RoboCup. The name “RoboCup” is a contraction of the competition’s full name, “Robot Soccer World Cup” and this year, the world competition is in Brazil. Ironically.
On top of that, earlier in June, a humanoid robot named “Pepper” was unveiled amid much fanfare by major mobile phone company SoftBank. The makers claim that the white robot, which stretches 4ft in height, can understand people’s emotions. Not only that, it is apparently capable of understanding 70% – 80% of spontaneous conversation too.
Plus, with Switzerland planning to host the world’s first Cyborg Olympics in 2016 – where athletes with robotic enhancements will compete against one another – the idea of a Robot Olympics doesn’t seem so far-fetched.
So, wouldn’t a Robot Olympics in 2020 be totally cool if not friggin’ awesome? Exactly.
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