Title: Olympic Ready? Robot Skiers Compete in South Korea

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2365/robot_skiers.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Olympic Ready? Robot Skiers Compete in South Korea' data-article-id='2881'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13563'>As the world’s top athletes competed at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, some robots also showed off their winter sports skills.</span> <span data-start-time='13563' data-end-time='25542'>A ski race involving robots was held recently at the Welli Hilli Park ski area near Pyeongchang.</span> <span data-start-time='25542' data-end-time='39021'>Eight teams built and programmed the robots to compete in the Ski Robot Challenge for a chance to win a $10,000 prize.</span> <span data-start-time='39021' data-end-time='44188'>The robots came in different shapes and sizes.</span> <span data-start-time='44188' data-end-time='51604'>The rules, however, required them to have the basic form of a human.</span> <span data-start-time='51604' data-end-time='60938'>They needed to be able to stand on two “legs,” with joints similar to elbows and knees.</span> <span data-start-time='60938' data-end-time='67146'>They also had to be at least 50 centimeters tall.</span> <span data-start-time='67146' data-end-time='79542'>In addition, each robot had to have an independent power system and use the same skis and poles that people do.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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As the world’s top athletes competed at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, some robots also showed off their winter sports skills. A ski race involving robots was held recently at the Welli Hilli Park ski area near Pyeongchang. Eight teams built and programmed the robots to compete in the Ski Robot Challenge for a chance to win a $10,000 prize. The robots came in different shapes and sizes. The rules, however, required them to have the basic form of a human. They needed to be able to stand on two “legs,” with joints similar to elbows and knees. They also had to be at least 50 centimeters tall. In addition, each robot had to have an independent power system and use the same skis and poles that people do.

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