New perk! Get after it with local recommendations just for you. Discover nearby events, routes out your door, and hidden gems when you sign up for the Local Running Drop.
A robot will take on the 140.6-mile course of the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.
Evolta has already climbed a 1,500 ft rope up the Grand Canyon, driven the Le Mans circuit for 24 hours – now it will don three different bodies to swim, bike and run the Hawaii Ironman.
Don’t expect Evolta to ride a professional-grade ‘human’ bicycle, though: the robot is around the size of a human hand. It’s also by no means certain he will succeed – his first Grand Canyon climb failed due to a faulty ‘foot’.
‘This is very tough even for a sportsman, but I think it is worth a try,’ said Tomotaka Takahashi, a veteran robot creator who has also created a 10-foot-tall ‘rescue’ robot with hydraulic arms capable of lifting a car.
Read more: Dailymail.co.uk