MEXICO: The Japanese robotics company Yaskawa Electric Corporation has released a pretty slick already going viral — that depicts a katana-wielding robot matching a world champion sword master stroke for stroke. That’s right: We’re teaching the robots to use swords.
A katana, for the uninitiated, is the traditional curved Japanese sword used by samurai, dating all the way back to the 12th century. Among the planet’s most accomplished masters of the katana is Isao Machii, five-time world record holder and the sort of steely-eyed fellow who likes to cut BB pellets in half, mid-flight.
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