Panasonic Corporation announced that it will challenge the “triathlon” by the robot “EVOLTA NEO-kun” powered by AA batteries as a demonstration experiment of the long-lasting performance of the dry battery “EVOLTA NEO”.
In the past, the company has been conducting demonstration experiments of the long-lasting performance of the dry battery “EVOLTA NEO” every year since 2008, and this year the total distance of swim 150 m, bike 4 km, run 1 km is 5.15 km within 1 hour 45 minutes 01 seconds. I will try to finish the race.
Since the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics, Panasonic has been supporting the Olympics as a “TOP (highest) (* 1) sponsor” for about a quarter of a century.
Below is a quote from the press release
Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic) will challenge the “triathlon” by the robot “EVOLTA NEO-kun” powered by AA batteries as a demonstration experiment of the long-lasting performance of the dry battery “EVOLTA NEO”. It will be held at Odaiba Marine Park, where the actual triathlon competition will be held, about one year before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, which will start in July 2020. Since the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics, Panasonic has been supporting the Olympics as a “TOP (highest) (* 1) sponsor” for about a quarter of a century. With this “EVOLTA NEO” challenge, we will liven up the Tokyo 2020 Games and triathlon competitions, which are about a year away, and the Odaiba area where they will be held.
“EVOLTA NEO-kun” was designed by Tomotaka Takahashi, a robot creator who was in charge of robot development in the past 6 challenges, including “The world’s longest long-distance swimming success (* 2)” set in Miyajima, Hiroshima Prefecture last year. I will make it.
- 1 TOP: Abbreviation for “The Olympic Partner”. The highest-ranking Olympic sponsor. A long-term partnership agreement has been signed until the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
- 2 Certified on November 10, 2018 as the Guinness world record “Longest distance swam by a robot on a single set of AA batteries” “the longest distance a robot swam with a primary battery (dry battery)”. Record: 3.002 km
- Guinness World Records (R) is a registered trademark of Guinness World Records Limited.
[Date] Scheduled to start at 12:00 on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 * Rainy weather postponed. Preliminary day scheduled for August 8
[Place] Odaiba Marine Park (Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
[Overview] Three types of robot “Evolta NEO-kun” developed for swim, bike, and run are AA batteries ” Powered by only two EVOLTA NEOs, we challenged to complete a total distance of 5.15 km with a swim of 150 m, a bike of 4 km, and a run of 1 km within 1 hour 45 minutes 01 seconds.
Olympic triathlon competition will be held at a total distance of 51.5 km, with a swim of 1.5 km, a bike of 40 km, and a run of 10 km. In addition, the fastest time for men in the five competitions since the Sydney 2000 Games, when the triathlon became the official competition, is 1 hour 45 minutes 01 seconds recorded at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Games. Evolta NEO is about 17 cm tall (about 1/10 of a young boy), so in this challenge the distance was set to 1/10 of the above Olympic distance. We aim to finish the race in a time that exceeds the fastest record in the Olympics.
[Swim robot] Weight 150 g Length (height) 17 cm Width (shoulder width) 7 cm
[Bike robot] Weight 291 g Length 22 cm Height 20 cm Width 12 cm
[Run robot] Weight 440 g Length 25 cm Height 22 cm Width 10 cm
* The weight does not include two AA batteries (about 48 g).
[Material] Plastic, titanium, carbon
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Please see the press release below for the full text.
▼ [Press Release] EVOLTA NEO Challenges “Triathlon” (June 28, 2019)
https://news.panasonic.com/jp/press/data/2019/06/jn190628-1/jn190628-1. html