WATCH: China develops six-foot skiing robot

A Chinese research team has independently developed a six-foot skiing robot, ECNS.cn reported. The Shanghai Jiaotong University has passed a series of control ability, intelligent recognition, route planning, and decision-making tests on primary and intermediate tracks, alongside human skiers, the varsity said earlier this week. During testing, the robot skied along a 400-meterintre mediate track with a slope of 18 degrees at a speed of over 10m/s. Using technologies like intelligent recognition and braking control, it passed tests related to speed, turning, stability, route planning, obstacle avoidance and human-robot interaction. It can safely pass between human skiers through wireless remote…