r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/japie06 • Apr 19 '26
Video Pit stop at Robot half marathon in Beijing. Ice to cool down the battery and lubricant for the joints
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u/pee_cock-80085 Apr 19 '26
Bro got his balls cooled too.. crazy
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u/lhymes Apr 19 '26
Excuse me those were his nuts.
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u/Feral_Cabbage_Enthus Apr 19 '26
My boy was dizzy, he needs some electrolytes, I mean electricity!
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u/HemperorZurg Apr 19 '26
This is equally cool and terrifying.
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u/hotboii96 Apr 19 '26
Why? You scared we might have one of these as cops chasing your ass on the street while its fully charge?
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u/BoredMerengue Apr 19 '26
"YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS TO COMPLY" - ED209
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u/dec10 Apr 19 '26
The original cut of this scene has 30 more seconds of the shooting. Verhoeven was not going for subtlety.
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u/Wermine Apr 19 '26
Me as a kid "whoa, cool robot movie". Missed all the actual points of the movie. Also helped that I'm not from USA, so can't identify with the cities, parodies of actual people and such on these kinds of products.
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u/willflameboy Apr 19 '26
It's insane how gruesome Robocop still is, despite Verhoeven having had to tone it down in order to pass the censors.
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u/tdic89 Apr 19 '26
Maybe you’ll be able to change language on the cop robot that’s arresting you?
You have twenty seconds to comply!
“I no speak English bro”
¡Tienes veinte segundos para cumplir!
“Que?”
你有二十秒的时间服从！
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u/ChadsworthRothschild Apr 19 '26
Scared that the future job market is lubing robot nuts.
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u/mogley1992 Apr 19 '26
More rogue AI but both are scary.
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u/mogley1992 Apr 19 '26
I'm picturing a smaller but faster battery switching robot.
One detaches and goes back to recharge and another one just climbs up the sprinting robot and attaches on to the new one. Or even just a quadcopter drone that does the same thing.
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u/bionic_cmdo Apr 19 '26
I wouldn't even try if it sees me I'd be like, arrest me now officer RoboCop.
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u/ExternalOk4293 Apr 19 '26
It’s freaking amazing! But some of these kids need to watch Terminator and Robocop and Matrix. Because they are good movies……
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u/Arcosim Apr 19 '26
What's terrifying is the advance in just a single year. I remember the first iteration of this marathon last year and people were laughing at how clunky most robots were. Now, just a year later, they just beat the human world record by 7 minutes.
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u/gscience Apr 19 '26
Oh yeah, the feeling of the WD40 hitting your balls….
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u/MaximusZacharia Apr 19 '26
Man I wish I could just oil up my joints and feel better
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u/No_Balls_01 Apr 19 '26
As a runner, I would love a blast from the aerosol water bottle things to the balls.
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u/EatMorePieDrinkMore Apr 19 '26
You sort of can. I have osteoarthritis in my knees and regularly get injections of hyaluronic acid (Duralane). It’s annoying for the first few days but then I’m good for about a year or so.
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u/straightdge Apr 19 '26
I posted a video of comparison of 2025 race vs this year's. reddit filter blocked it, no idea why.
Honor's 'Lightning' robot won this year's Half-Marathon. In fact Honor took first 3 places. Multiple robots completed the race in sub-51 mins, faster than human record. Remote controlled robots had 1.2x penalty. Nearly 40% of the 100+ participating teams used full autonomous navigation.
the human record sits at 56:42. The 1st place robot did it in 50:26 with Autonomous navigation. In fact another remote-controlled Honor robot completed in 48m 19s, but because of 1.2x penalty, it didn't win.
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u/Obvious_Advice_6879 Apr 19 '26
For anyone wondering, that's an average speed of 15.6mph or a pace of 3:51 minutes per mile.
I wonder what the theoretical speed limit for a bipedal robot would be. The human record for a single mile is 3:43 so this isn't quite there but I'm sure it'll get better.
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u/pipp900 Apr 19 '26
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u/PresentFriendly3725 Apr 19 '26
It really doesn't make sense to compare them to humans.
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u/Subpxl Apr 19 '26
I think it does because these are designed to mimic human movement. If they were on wheels or were propelled in some other way I would agree with you.
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u/fancczf Apr 19 '26
It’s pretty insane they are able to run fully autonomously for that kind of distance at that speed, with complex terrain and environment. We have really came a long way in just the past 20 years.
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u/Actual_Noodle Apr 19 '26
Meanwhile it struggled to stand still during the pit stop.
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u/The_MadMage_Halaster Apr 19 '26
Of course, it's designed to run not be in one place. This might seem really odd, but it actually makes a lot of sense. Walking and running is just controlled falling, and it's actually easier to do that than to make it try to balance and stand in one place.
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u/turtlepsp Apr 19 '26
I'm sure the majority of humans would have trouble standing still if they were running at that speed for any given moment of time.
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u/Wonderful-Process792 Apr 19 '26
Yes, if this were a remote-controlled car and beat the humans despite the 1.2x penalty, nobody would think anything of it.
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u/Kilgore_Brown_Trout_ Apr 19 '26
I run half marathons, and Im in the comments for the robot's time. Frankly, until I see the strava activity, I won't believe it happened.
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u/Obvious_Advice_6879 Apr 19 '26
The real question is how long did the robot spend in Zone 2
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u/King_K_24 Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 19 '26
What world you prefer they compare them too? Cheetahs? Elephants? Dogs? Surely a human reference is the best way to provide a reference that the average reader will understand and connect with.
Edit: spelling. Damn swipe to type enshittification.
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u/MayIServeYouWell Apr 19 '26
Sure it does, because that comparison gives people a more tangible sense of what these machines are capable of. We evaluate all kinds of things through relative metrics.
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u/KiroBasik Apr 19 '26
I think you mistook the comment? "Faster than human record" just means in this instance that the autonomous robots did beat the record by the ones that were steered by humans.
And here it makes sense to make the comparison, because they were indeed still faster (for now) when a human did take control, but for the ×1.2 mutiplier they still did beat the official record, but not the real time.
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u/cheetuzz Apr 19 '26
I think you mistook the comment? "Faster than human record" just means in this instance that the autonomous robots did beat the record by the ones that were steered by humans.
you’re right, because the human half marathon record is 57:20. While in the previous comment they said the “human [remote controlled] record was 56:42”
That was poorly worded, should have said “remote-controlled” instead of “human”.
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u/Plenty_Wasabi_7866 Apr 19 '26
There's never enough Axe body spray for the crotch. Dude knows
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u/papadondon Apr 19 '26
are they using dry ice?
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u/YoungLittlePanda Apr 19 '26
It looks like it because of the visible sublimation, and you don't see a trail of water behind the robot.
Also, makes more sense, because you don't want to have water near electronic parts.
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u/MsZRowsdower Apr 19 '26
taking notes on robot weaknesses for the future, thanks
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u/Dry-Procedure-144 Apr 19 '26
For a moment I thought WOAH They added farting to the robot!!
Then I saw the buddy spraying the crotch.
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u/Next-Food2688 Apr 19 '26
Watch out when robots can service the other robots and be so efficient they can do it without stopping. When that happens I foresee bigger issues for humankind
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u/GravelySilly Apr 19 '26
It's getting there. Some of China's newer patrol robots can swap their own batteries. They just have to swing by their base periodically to pick up a new one and put the old one in a charger.
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u/Next-Food2688 Apr 19 '26
And the next step is robots building robots with robot instruction. Imagine AI designed robot that can build itself, repair itself, and rule the world.
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u/schooli00 Apr 19 '26
The Roomba has been able to return to it's own charging station since like forever...
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u/Intelligent-Parsley7 Apr 19 '26
What cailber of bullet takes these things down? Just asking for a friend.
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u/Zarnc Apr 19 '26
And people were worried about men in women's sports.....who's ready for robot Olympics 2028 🥇🥈🥉
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u/_MisterHighway_ Apr 19 '26
I used to look at things like this as a marvel and a sparkling advancement of human ingenuity that will possibly make life better for all.
Now I just start to worry about the ways it will be used to either take the job of a human worker, be used for reasons of greed/exploitation of people(s), or used to oppress other people(s) or even us.
But usually it's a mixture of all of those reasons :,-[
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u/ManWithoutUsername Apr 19 '26
What type of motors do robots use for knees, hips, and similar functions?
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u/disasterly213 Apr 19 '26
The body is a miracle that it does all this constantly and in equilibrium for our whole lives without the need of servicing - generally.
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u/Arish78 Apr 19 '26
Why can’t humans get this?? I don’t want a cup of water and an orange slice. I want an IV and a cortisone injection in my knee!! lol
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u/CrazyCaper Apr 19 '26
Pretty soon these robots are going to start building robots to replace themselves
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u/willigxgk Apr 19 '26
I thinks human runners would enjoy getting their junk blow off with compressed air.
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u/Cielo11 Apr 19 '26
Yeah... Lube that crotch. Lube it up good and slippy.
Job Description: Robot fluffer?
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u/Popular-Drummer-7989 Apr 19 '26
So... what did we learn? Hot joints arw a weakness. Bring in the flamethrowers!
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u/Penny-Thoughts Apr 19 '26
I only need two young men to spray me with lubricants in order to do a half marathon, stupid robot.
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u/vegetableater Apr 20 '26
They are sooo cute to me. Maybe I'm biased as an electronics engineer, but just look at them running around and patiently waiting!
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u/cbrwizard Apr 20 '26
Does it mean that when we’re attacked by robots we must heat them up and cover in glue?
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u/Man_Without_Nipples Apr 19 '26
This just makes the human body all the more impressive...im sure future versions of this will have better heat and joint management but human body is impressive to replicate
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u/Skate_faced Apr 19 '26
Bro down there double fisting lube for the robots crotch must have drawn the short straw.
I would have much rather been the guy with the container of ice.
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u/crasagam Apr 19 '26
We are giving these robots everything they need to overtake us then we’re sitting here watching it in a real time on our phones.
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u/jodrellbank_pants Apr 19 '26
Three guys for one toy robot if that the way forward were all going to have job security.
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u/huggernot Apr 19 '26
My man managed to fill the ice bucket In the time it took the other 2 to swap batteries and inspect/ lubricate the entire machine
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u/ProfessorPoopsnaggle Apr 19 '26
Does this mean that if AI tries to take over we could just restrict the supply of oil lubricants?
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u/Calendar_Neat Apr 19 '26
It just like me frfrfr.
Except the half marathon part, I dont fuck with that.
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u/League-Weird Apr 19 '26
So it can overheat and possibly explode? So get it to chase something until it fails?
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u/Zero40Four Apr 19 '26
Let’s be honest, at a human marathon pit stop we’d all want our junk sprayed with lubricants and a ice back pack.
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u/Fire_Pea Apr 19 '26
Out of curiosity what are the practical benefits of a humanoid robot? Wouldn't there always be a more efficient way to construct it for its intended use?
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u/Danonbass86 Apr 19 '26
Can’t wait to see one of these bad boys charging across the battlefield at me
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u/TheRealGarner Apr 19 '26
Spent a little too much time lubing those crotch joints aye?
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u/Ticket2Midnite Apr 19 '26
This is why China is kicking our ass. This will continue until we wake up and get serious about education.
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u/dividezero Apr 19 '26
I need a crotch sprayer too. That needs to be a job. Bring me my crotch spray peasant
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u/tpittari Apr 19 '26
yeah, umm, just dress them up in little formula 1 outfits and i'll watch them run around a track all day.
Myabe one of those awesome japanese F1 hats with the DRS.
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u/Grumptastic2000 Apr 19 '26
The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain. In any case, most actual fighting will be done by small robots, and as you go forth today remember your duty is clear: to build and maintain those robots.
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u/JC04JB14M12N08 Apr 20 '26
why are people wasting money making two legged human shaped robots?
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u/Excellent-Shape-2024 Apr 20 '26
I hate seeing these suckers going fast--one day theyre going to be hunting us down
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u/Gullible-Anywhere-76 Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 19 '26
What's next? An airflow system and a electromechanical pump pumping an iron-rich liquid? /s