Unitree tests robots in front of students before live boxing event
Shortly before the planned "Iron Fist King: Awakening" box event, Unitree tests its G1 robots in a school. The robots seem to be well prepared.
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The Chinese robotics company Unitree will soon be streaming the world's first live boxing match between its humanoid G1 robots from the Hangzhou Mech Combat Arena. The event, announced as “Iron Fist King: Awakening!” will see four teams compete against each other with their robots. The humanoid G1s have already demonstrated their skills at a school event in Hangzhou.
The demonstration of the robots in front of schoolchildren was intended as a practical test for the main event. Rumor has it that the event will take place on May 25. However, Unitree has not yet confirmed this. The event may therefore take place later.
In the tests, the humanoid G1 robots first demonstrated their endurance in a 40-minute running session on the school's basketball court. Then their combat skills were demonstrated. The robots performed straights, jabs, hooks, sidekicks and spin kicks. They also demonstrated how to stand up on their own after knockdowns.
Exhibition and tournament
The planned main event is divided into two parts. Firstly, Unitree is planning a performance show in which the robots will have to demonstrate their fighting skills in individual and group events. This will be followed by a mini-tournament with four teams. Human operators will control the G1 robots in real time in individual and group battles. Chu Yang, a member of the Unitree marketing team, announced that semi-autonomous and autonomous control will also be used.
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During the battles, Unitree wants to have the robots fight each other in different technical configurations to achieve particularly varied, dynamic battles.
During the remote-controlled battles, Unitree wants to record movement data so that the robots can be trained further later. This is because motion capture has proven to be the best method for collecting usable data for robot training. Unitree has high hopes for this data. The robots are to be trained to react more flexibly and improve their coordination so that they can act even more like humans later on.
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