Eight robots that play football, engage in sumo wrestling and play music have been unveiled at a Peruvian university by the creator, Japanese scientist Hiroshi Ishiguro.
Aurelio Padilla, president of the National Engineering University (UNI), where they were presented on Thursday, explained that two robots are football players, two sumo wrestlers and three make music.
At the same event, students and researchers at the school presented their creations, such as a biped dinosaur robot, a robotic football player and a humanoid robot.
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