If you ever wanted to win a bar bet about a world record, you probably know about the Guinness book for World Records. Did you know, though, that there are some robots in that book? Guinness pointed some out in a recent post.
Ever wonder about the longest table-tennis rally with a robot or the fastest robotic cube solver? No need to wonder anymore.
Our favorite was the fastest robot to solve a puzzle cube. This robot solved the Rubik’s Cube in 103 milliseconds! Don’t blink or you’ll miss it in the video embedded. Of course, the real kudos go to the team that created the robot: [Matthew Patrohay], [Junpei Ota], [Aden Hurd], and [Alex Berta].
Another favorite was the smallest humanoid robot. In order to win this record, the robot must be able to move its shoulders, elbows, knees, and hips just like a human. It also has to be able to walk on two feet. This tiny little guy meets the requirements and stands only 57.6 mm (2.26 in) tall! Created by [Tatsuhiko Mitsuya] in April 2024, this robot can be controlled via Bluetooth.
We’ve seen entries in this category before — check them out in Almost Breaking The World Record For The Tiniest Humanoid Robot, But Not Quite.
Can you please not give any publicity to the “Guinness book for World Records”.
They cooperate directly with dictatorships, regimes and whatnot to “raise/whitewash/whatever” their public image.
See eg. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9QYu8LtH2E&t=876s (@~14:45)
Since the original editors editors are no more any integrity is gone. It has been sold and resold many times. It is currently part of a Canadian conglomerate that is trying to maximize the profit of all their assets. And integrity is usually the first to go when chasing short term profit.
How is that ant different to a journalist reporting on said autocrat? The complaint makes no sense. Not reporting on their actions enables far more despotism.
There is a difference between making a fluff piece about the autocrat getting a dog and an article outlining his atrocities.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=guinness+world+records+qatar
-> https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/27/01/2025/guinness-world-records-set-in-qatar-in-2024-1
How is any of that ^^ like a journalist(!) reporting on a dictatorship / autocracy?
As Anonymous said, it’s just fluff muddying the search-waters of actual reporting.
Maybe you should lay off the cool aid and enjoy life a little. Your heart must be filled with hate.
Please stay on topic. The article is about robots. If you have something say about autocrats, talk about Autocratic Robots.
Can drones count as robots?
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=guinness+world+record+drone+show
Ah, so that’s what AR is.
In my opinion, those cube solvers that attach the motor directly to the center face are cheating. You should have to use an unmodified cube with flat faces and be able to remove it at the end.
I wanted to add to the other comments that I believe it’s been shown that Guiness either always or more recently moved to a pay model that likely excludes some better entries.
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/business-marketing-solutions