The robotics sector continues to advance with the development of revolutionary technologies. Of course, technology may not be a part of our days, but it is still slowly progressing to become. Scientists are rapidly progressing to make robots more useful and also use them to replace humans in some tough challenges like cleaning an entire beach of debris. However, at certain times, it is necessary to experience things that are on the verge of “insignificance”. Although simple, it could lead to some interesting developments in the future. One good example is the Penguin-chan bot. It is a penguin robot developed by a Japanese company. She just got her name in the Guinness Book of Jump Rope. Or to be more precise, to jump 170 minutes in just one minute.
A Japanese company’s robot, which was made in part from five modified penguin dolls, has set a Guinness World Record by jumping a rope 170 times in just one minute. The company behind this robot is RICOH. For starters, it is a company that specializes in photocopiers and office equipment. The company’s PENTA-X team developed the “Penguin-chan” jumping doll, and five penguins were integrated and modified into the “Penguin-chan Jump Rope”. Just because yes.
Penguin-chan writes his name in the Guinness Book
Penguin-Chan passed the test in early March. It happened during an event calculated in the presence of an arbitrator in the Guinness Book of Records. After further testing, the judge confirms that the robot jumped over the rope that the team swung 170 times in just 60 seconds. This basically gives it the title of “Most Skips a Bot in a Minute”. You probably didn’t know there was a title for this in the Guinness book, right?
There are people who are trying to push their limits and get a place in the Guinness Book every day. It is interesting to see now that robots are also carving their place in this interesting competition. Penguin-Chan has just proven that the public can be fearless when it comes to jumping rope.
This will definitely not be the last record broken by a robot. Also, we expect Japan’s RICOH to continue developing the technology behind the Penguin-Chan Jump Rope Machine. Perhaps in the future, we can even see a real-world application of this technology. Time will tell, but we’re sure these little things could be the answer to making robotics more advanced in the near future.