The Panasonic Evolta Neo-kun Robot — powered by only two Panasonic EVOLTA NEO batteries — completed a 1,000-meter climb to the peak of a Norwegian cliff earlier this month.
This challenge was done to test the efficacy of the new EVOLTA dry cell batteries, which were introduced to the Japanese market in April.
The climb by the 17-centimeter robot was live streamed on Panasonic’s Twitter in 360-degrees and took 11 hours to complete.
＼只今LIVE配信中！／
今回のチャレンジは兄エボルタくんから弟エボルタNEOくんにバトンタッチして、フィヨルド断崖約1,000m登頂に挑戦中！LIVE配信でお届けしています！ https://t.co/4DgQzMPqgZhttps://t.co/h2CN1CEymo— Panasonic Japan公式 (@Panasonic_cp) July 7, 2017
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Evolta competed the mission on its second trial — the first was “hampered by rain and wind.”
In 2008, Panasonic hosted a similar challenge for its robot, Evolbora, which was tasked to complete a 530-meter climb in the Grand Canyon. Evolbora, also using only two Evolta dry batteries as fuel, completed the assignment in just under seven hours.
Since then, Panasonic has arranged a number of challenges involving robots powered exclusively by EVOLTA batteries, including a 230-kilometer triathlon and a 24-hour endurance race in France.
All robots created since 2008 were designed by Tomotaka Takahashi, CEO of Robo Garage Co., Associate Professor of Research Center for Advance Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo and a 5-time winner of the Robo Cup.