Robot Walks for Three Days Straight, Hotswapping Its Battery Over and Over in New World Record
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Three hours of battery life might not sound like much, but a Chinese humanoid robot just parlayed that modest power into a 66-mile, three-day trek that shattered world records. The AgiBot A2, built by Zhiyuan Robotics, walked from Jinji Lake in Suzhou all the way to Shanghai's scenic North Bund riverwalk, earning a Guinness World Record for the longest journey by a humanoid robot.
The secret weapon? A hot-swap battery system that kept the robot marching without ever powering down. Along highways and busy urban streets, the AgiBot dutifully followed traffic regulations like any good pedestrian.
"Accompanied by the first ray of dawn in the morning, I have reached the finish line of this hike," the robot announced upon arrival in Shanghai. The company says this exact model, fresh off the assembly line, has already sold over 1,000 units this year.
With China pushing hard into robotics, this marathon march serves as both engineering demonstration and marketing spectacle, proving these machines can handle real-world endurance challenges that would exhaust most humans.
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