Meet QIBBOT, the world’s fastest tele-operated boxing robot

Researchers in China claim to have developed the world’s fastest tele-operated robot, designed for a virtual boxing game. This robot used VR cameras to track the operator’s movements. James Geng of the Qibo Robot Company in Weihai says that they were inspired by the 2012 movie Real Steel in which human controllers remotely control giant robots in ferocious mechanical martial arts bouts. Learn more ➤ Subscribe ➤ Get more from New Scientist: Official website: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: LinkedIn: About New Scientist: New Scientist was founded in 1956 for “all those interested in scientific discovery and its social consequences”. Today our website, videos, newsletters, app, podcast and print magazine cover the world’s most important, exciting and entertaining science news as well as asking the big-picture questions about life, the universe, and what it means to be human. New Scientist