Watch 1,000 Robots Dance in Unison — and Set a World Record
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There’s a : longest escalator ride, largest collection of garden gnomes, most Big Macs consumed in a lifetime or even the most robots dancing simultaneously.
Recently, Chinese company Ever Win set a new Guinness World Record with 1,007 robots dancing simultaneously for 60 seconds. The company beat last year’s world record of 540 unified robot dancers. Who knew this was already a Guinness category?
Each of the just-under-18-inch robots were controlled with a single smartphone.
But just like humans, even robots crack under pressure sometimes. Thirty-three of the bots fell over or “refused” to dance during the performance, reported . These stagefright-ridden bots were disqualified, but their absence had little effect on the record breaking event.
From singing androids to , this feat comes as no surprise as 2016 marks a big year for robotic technologies — especially in Asian countries such as China and Japan.
So if the singing human-like android named Alter wasn’t enough, take a look at these dancing robots that performed at the Quingdao Beer Festival in China.
There’s a : longest escalator ride, largest collection of garden gnomes, most Big Macs consumed in a lifetime or even the most robots dancing simultaneously.
Recently, Chinese company Ever Win set a new Guinness World Record with 1,007 robots dancing simultaneously for 60 seconds. The company beat last year’s world record of 540 unified robot dancers. Who knew this was already a Guinness category?
Each of the just-under-18-inch robots were controlled with a single smartphone.
But just like humans, even robots crack under pressure sometimes. Thirty-three of the bots fell over or “refused” to dance during the performance, reported . These stagefright-ridden bots were disqualified, but their absence had little effect on the record breaking event.
From singing androids to , this feat comes as no surprise as 2016 marks a big year for robotic technologies — especially in Asian countries such as China and Japan.
So if the singing human-like android named Alter wasn’t enough, take a look at these dancing robots that performed at the Quingdao Beer Festival in China.
