The Tokyo Olympics are in full swing, as anyone who has the ability to set the TV channel to NBC is no doubt aware. And while the biennial showdown between world-class athletes and the nations they represent is entirely a celebration of human excellence, in 2021 at least one robot is being allowed to have a little fun, as a treat says a news article from Mashable India.
Just a little preview of our robot overlord-ruled dystopian future to darken your Sunday.
Robot Ergonomics similar to Humans
Fresh from the Tokyo Olympics Twitter account we have this clip of a tiny-headed robot — WHY IS ITS HEAD SO SMALL, Mashable’s EiC asked in Slack — shooting, and sinking, free throws Look at this mad nonsense.
BASKETBALL ROBOT SHOT IT FROM HALF COURT
(via @mikefinger)pic.twitter.com/QLXPZ0FJST
— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) July 25, 2021
Nothing but net! Why is this robot wearing a jersey with the number 95 on it? I don’t know enough about basketball to have a good answer for you there. But I do know robots, and this almost seven-foot-tall future Robolympics (not actually a thing) superstar has the goods.
Bot 2021 has its upgraded intelligence
Kidding aside, this basketball-slinging robot appears to be CUE, a Toyota-developed creation that was first built — the original model, anyway — in 2018. In 2019, the third version, CUE3, went out to set a Guinness world record. It’s not clear if the one attending the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo is the same model or a newer one, but it appears to be from the same line of perfect-shooting automatons. You can read more about the CUE project here.
France led against with 10 base points
The odd moment you see above played out as part of the halftime festivities during Sunday’s showdown between Team USA and France. France ultimately won the match-up, 89 to 79.
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Source: Mashable
