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Bi-pedal Robot Marathon Straining The Limits Of Machine And Man

"Five teams of humans will compete to keep their robots walking over the grueling event, switching out servos and batteries (but not the entire robot) as needed. In order to win a bot must complete 422 laps of a 100 meter course outlined on the 11th floor of Osaka’s ATC building." —A group of Japanese robot programmers are in the midst of three very, very long days right now. You can watch the "Roborama Full" robot marathon live, here, for as long as you'd like to. But it is some slow-going action. I hope for their sake they can somehow have this song by Canadian composer [...]

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Piano-Playing Robot Hearkens To Nerd-World Yesteryear

This robot playing "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on the piano looks kind of wack compared to hep cats like Shimon, the head-bobbing marimba player, or the avant-garde improv trio Three Sirens, or Toyota's incredibly tight four-piece band. (Not even to mention Daft Punk, or Herbie Hancock.) But it's actually pretty cool, because it can read and play a musical score on the spot.