Japan.- After Japan declared itself in a state of emergency and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games confirmed that the event would have no fans, the organizers began the search for a solution and everything seems to indicate that they have found it in Pepper and Spot, two robots that will take a more leading role. According to the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, the Pepper and Spot robots will be in the stands of each of the sporting events in Japan, this in order that athletes do not feel abandoned after the ban on spectators due to health issues.
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The dynamic is that in the events that take place daily in Tokyo 2020 there are these robots in the stands encouraging the athletes. Curiously this modality is not unknown because in this 2020 something similar was already experienced in China and Japan with baseball games where some of these robots, especially the one named Pepper was in the stands. Read more: Liga Mx: Yoshimar Yotún’s continuity with Cruz Azul is in jeopardy. At the moment it is unknown how many units may be available per day understanding that at all hours there will be competitions.
Japan’s 2021 Nippon Professional Baseball season kicked off on March 26th.
Did you catch SoftBank Robotics Corp.’s Pepper robots cheering on the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks baseball team at the PayPay Dome? We’re cheering with them every game!
#SoftBankGroup #AI #sbhawks pic.twitter.com/81scVFTotU — SoftBank Group Corp. (@SoftBank_Group)
March 29, 2021
These robots were obviously not created for this purpose, since they have “life” for some years. Pepper the one who has the most because since 2015 it was created and that really had great expectations for him. Its production was controlled because although many were sold on its first day, little by little it was losing that magic. Read more: Captivating in swimsuit, Wanda Nara earned the praise of the public in networksIt was used for banking companies, food but just this 2020 said goodbye and its production stopped because it was no longer sustainable. In spot’s case its path to stardom began in 2019 with pretty good tests, it has even been used by armies as part of their weaponry. Spot is considered a robot-dog that has the capacity to move 1.6 m/s.Although Tokyo 2020 has had another robot working towards improving the Olympic Games. For the month of April of this 2020 the Olympic torch was transported for the first time by a robot, it is GOTO Akihito who took over in Anjo City where he had it for at least a minute to then be applauded by those present.
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