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Switzerland 2016 and Japan 2020: Olympic games for robots and cyborgs
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/27/cybathlonhttp://www.cybathlon.ethz.ch/
In 2016, the Swiss National Competence Centre of Research in Robotics (NCCR Robotics) wants to host a sports-tournament for people using robotic prosthetics.
The disciplines:
* A dexterity-challenge for people with robotic arms.
* A racing-videogame where each pilot steers the car via a brain-computer-interface.
* A bike-race for people with spinal-cord injuries, equipped with electric muscle-stimulators.
* A race by foot for people with robotic legs.
* A race by foot in a robotic exoskeleton for people with spinal-cord injuries.
* A race with motorized wheelchairs.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/i-want-a-robot-olympics-in-2020-says-japans-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-9622900.html
Prime Minister Abe would like to use the Olympics 2020 in Japan to host a parallel event: A tournament where robots from different nations show off their technical skills.
