Remote-Controlled Hump.

• Autores: JR Minkel
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 292, Nº. 3, 2005, págs. 30-30
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article reports on the use of robots as remote-controlled jockeys in Middle Eastern camel races. Camel racing, a favorite pastime in the Middle East, has taken flack from human rights advocates for the young boys imported to jockey the humpbacked desert beasts. Accordingly, the government of Qatar announced right before year's end that it was banning child jockeys. Their replacements? Why, robots, of course. Camel racers in Qatar have reportedly tested remote-controlled, titanium robot jockeys built by an unnamed Swiss company. Camel owners would jockey via joystick from the sidelines as the animals galumph around a kilometers-long track.