Robots Ready to Ski, Paint, and Clean at South Korea’s 2018 Winter Olympics

South Korea’s best roboticists have spent two years preparing robots for a wide range of roles at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Photo: Ang Young-suk/Yonhap/AP
The Handoff: The robot DRC-Hubo+ receives the Olympic flame from UCLA professor Dennis Hong.
Photo: Ang Young-suk/Yonhap/AP

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