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Chinese team beats Hollywood with ‘world’s fastest’ robot boxer – Qibbot
- 3-member team at Qibo Robot Co creates giant ultra-fast teleoperated boxing robot, inspired by 2011 Hugh Jackson-starrer Real Steel
- Plans are in the works to create an upgraded version by the end of the year, Qibo Robot founder Geng Tao says
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In the thrilling final fight scene in the 2011 Hollywood sci-fi hit Real Steel, two colossal robots engage in an electrifying boxing match under the guidance of their human handlers.
Now, that spectacle has been brought to life, thanks to a Chinese team of engineers and their spectacular creation – Qibbot.
A teleoperated one-armed robot designed to mirror the real movements of a skilled human fighter, Qibbot takes its cues from its operators – just like “Atom” in Real Steel, operated by Hugh Jackman’s underdog protagonist Charlie, a former boxer who guides his robot to that extraordinary comeback.
Like Charlie, the operators of Qibbot can control its actions from the sidelines, as a ringside coach might do.
The Qibo Robot Company in China’s eastern Shandong province, which developed the Qibbot, recently posted a demonstration video online that has so far attracted thousands of views.
In it, Qibbot is shown to display a mind-boggling latency or response delay time of only 12 milliseconds – a new height for teleoperated robot systems. It is the “world’s fastest” telerobot, its creators claim on the company website.
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