Six-legged robot show it can ski down a slope in China.

A six-legged robot in China proved it can hit the slopes in time for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The bot – which was created and programmed by experts at Shanghai Jiao Tong University – proved they could have the potential to be in the running to compete at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing after they made it down the hill standing on two legs, gripping ski poles and turn, all without crashing into a human. The research report claimed: The robot finished tasks including racing, turning, route planning, obstacle avoidance and human-robot interaction through intelligent sensing and braking control."…