Panasonic’s EVOLTA Mini Robot Finishes Hawaii Ironman Triathlon

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He hoisted himself up a 500 meter-cliff at Grand Canyon, did his magic on the Le Mans 24 circuit in France, and traveled 500KM from Tokyo to Kyoto last year And now, he completed the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii, too.

We covered Panasonic’s plan to let its EVOLTA battery-powered mini robot start at the 230km race back in September, and now the company announced the little guy finished it on October 30.

According to Panasonic, it took the robot (in three different configurations) a total of 166 hours and 56 minutes to swim 3.8km, bike 180.2km and then run 42.2km – powered by three rechargeable EVOLTA batteries.


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