Sunday, January 07, 2007

News: The First Kyosho Athlete Humanoid Cup!

The launch of the MANOI AT01 humanoid robot kit, featured in our Winter 2006 issue, was an instant success with many stores in Japan selling out of stock within a few days of its September introduction. So it was no surprise when a large number of customers turned out with their robots fully assembled and customized to compete in the first Kyosho Athletics Humanoid Cup event on December 10th in the trendy Omotesando Hills complex in Tokyo.

The inaugural Kyosho Athlete Humanoid Cup event was of keen interest to robot fans everywhere. The images below tell the story of how this exciting competition unfolded.


Left to right: Dr. GIY's MANOI AT01, Sugiura's AT01 and a silver MANOI PF01 were exhibited at a MANOI launch press conference in September 2006.

The competitions, watched by standing-room only crowds, included 5-meter sprints against the clock with both R/C and autonomous divisions, plus two minute demonstrations/performances scored by an expert panel of judges.

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