The Beatbot is a small programmable, self-driving robot that aims to motivate runners more than a stopwatch.
All the fitness trackers and apps such as Fitbit,Nike,Samsung gear fit and many others were designed to monitor personal health and track athletic performance which will help you to review your routine and ultimately improve your performance.Instead of a monitoring device Puma developed a competing racing robot which will act as a rival to athletes and motivate them. This is BeatBot.
J. Walter Thompson ad agency and a bunch of MIT engineers created this tiny racing robot BeatBot for Puma. It has many infrared sensors which are used by robot to run along the lines of the race track.
The BeatBot can be configured to match certain speed and the distance as per the requirements of athlete using its companion smartphone app.
BeatBot is capable of matching the speed of Usain Bolt that is 44km/h.
It has LED's on its rear so you can see BeatBot in your vision, it also has GoPro cameras on its front and rear ends which allow you to review your run and then post the video on Youtube.
For now the BeatBot is so expensive that it is available for Puma's sponsored athletes only (such as Usain Bolt) but there are plans to introduce it to a number of athletic programs later this year.
-mak.pashilkar
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