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DOTHEROBOT

OCTOBER 2016

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EDITED BY RUSSELL DEEKS

Robots set new Guinness World Record

These are just a few of the 1,007 robots that

recently set a new Guinness World Record by

dancing in unison for 60 seconds. The record

attempt was staged as part of China’s Quingdao

Beer Festival by Chinese battery manufacturer Ever

Win. The robots, which stand 43.8cm tall, were

reportedly controlled from a single smartphone.

Even though 33 of the robots keeled over during the
attempt, those remaining were more than enough
to smash the previous world record of 450 dancing
robots, which was set by UBTECH Robotics Corp at
the CCTV Spring Festival Gala back in January.
To watch the record-breaking robots in action,
visit bit.ly/dancing_bot
PHOTO: GETTY