According to the British "Daily Mail" website reported on February 12, in the Welli Hilli ski resort, where is about an hour's drive from the venue for the Olympic Winter Games, gathered eight teams from universities, research institutions, private companies, to win the $ 10,000 prize in the "Robot Ski Challenge".
Reported that the competition for the participating robots has some basic requirements, such as the robot's height to more than 50cm, to have "stand" legs, elbows and knees, equipped with the independent power system, can use skis and ski poles. Robots are also equipped with camera sensors so that they can detect the blue and red flagpoles on the road as they slide down the junior circuit.
The game calculates the score based on the number of flagpoles escaped by the robot and the time to the finish line. Eventually, the event was won by the Taekwon V robot from the Minirobot Corp team with a score of five flags in 18 seconds. Members of the Taekwon V team who won this award said they heard that because of the wind is too strong, the athletes' alpine skiing competition was postponed. This is regrettable. However, the robot is well adapted here. The audience also said that it is amazing that the robot can recognize the flagpole and dodge them when it slides down.
The organizers said they deliberately chose to host the event during the Olympic Games in order to let more people pay attention to the technological development of Korean robots. Robotics are indeed evolving, getting closer and closer to our daily lives. Xiaomi technology also mastered some amazing technology and developed many interesting products for us, such as the XiaoMi MITU STEAM Robot Smart Building Block Kit. You can design your own robot by this Xiaomi Building Block Robot kit in a very easy and convenient way, which is fun for both adults and children. It can be controlled by APP with intelligent programming.
