Robot fitted with katana to create world's most efficient samurai

Bow down to your robotic overlord

(Yaskawa Electric Corporation)

Amid worries that AI will one day outstrip human intelligence and lead to our downfall, a Japanese technology has decided to fit a robot with a deadly katana sword, yay!

It posted a video of the robotic arm showing off its deft skill with a blade, which it learnt by motion capturing Japanese swordsman Isao Machii.

The robot takes on Machii in a number of challenges, performing complicated angled cuts and managing to slice with such speed and precision that it can easily halve a runner bean lengthways.

While he might not be able to match the robot, as humans go Machii is pretty swift, having recently sliced a fried shrimp fired at him at 80mph.

Robotic arms such as these are getting better and better at mimicking human movements, with one recently beating a world table tennis champion.

(via Kotaku)

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