Robots to the rescue at international trials in Florida; Japan entry 1st

Coincidentally, Schaft was recently acquired by Google. Japan's best (and now the world's best) are owned by Google.

Google: Collects data illegally acquired by its StreetView camera cars (i.e. which houses have unsecured wireless access points), collects GOD KNOWS WHAT on every user of an Android phone because buying one REQUIRES a Google account to be created, eliminated anonymous posts on YouTube once they bought YouTube out, and now corners the market on agile robotics. Forget the NSA, Google is the new Big Brother!

The Atlas robot walks better than many humans over terrain with shifting rocks. I finally found a video of it in China, and its balancing ability on one foot or while walking is both strange and admirable. Congratulations to the Japan team on winning the contest. It is notable to also mention Japan's Kuratas mech. It must be a lot of fun to hop in and pilot.