From BBC
Oscar Pistorius, of South Africa, asked to take part, but the organisers in China said no. In an official communiqué, they explained: "Being a robot or being a human being is binary. You are a robot or you are not. If you were born a human being, you cannot, as things stand, become a robot. This race was only open to biologically born humanoid machines, and Oscar Pistorius is, in this respect, a trans creature, part-human, part-robot, who does not qualify. If he were allowed to compete with robots, he would win every time, which would not be fair on the robots. Oscar Pistorius is not biologically robotic."
One of the robots, called Pee-Wee X89yrzx34/Blok***PPPUZ/%@7797opy7BS/8 - commonly known as Pee-Wee - who finished 38th in the robot race, commented: "Beep. Beep. Blink. Burp. Ding dong, ding dong. Dump. Burp. Error message. Error. Mess. Dump. Fart. Data. Retrieve. Data. Beep. Bing. Bong. Bingo. 0. 1. 0. 1. 0. 1. Beep. Blip! Blip! Blip! Beep! Tinkle! Blip! Blip!..."
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Some robots completed the race, while others struggled from the beginning. One robot fell at the starting line and lay flat for several minutes before getting up and taking off. [Lack of training and lack of motivation.]
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The Yizhuang half-marathon is the first time robots have raced against humans over such a distance. |
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