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Christmas-Carol-Singing-Robot Gets Knocked Out By Scrooge-Robot

by Evan Shamoon on December 4, 2007 at 06:00 PM



Hey robot fans! The 12th annual Robo-One Grand Championship match just went down in Tokyo, and boy was it surreal.

Here's how it works: To win the tournament, contestants must keep their balance while attacking their enemy, be able to get up when pushed down, and ultimate push their opponent out of the ring. Some of the robots come from professional roboticists in labs, while others come from kids in their bedrooms.

Apparently, the highlight of the night came when hundreds of spectators clapped as a robot (affectionately known as "Arichyon") sang "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." Then, the crowd, in a rather disloyal gesture, went bananas when a robot with a penguin head knocked Arichyon out with a right hook.

Japan -- continuing to make the rest of the world look like ancient Rome.

From Reuters


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Tags: Big in Japan, BigInJapan, Holidash, holiday, Only in Japan, OnlyInJapan, robots, Weird

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