A two-legged bot that’s shorter than a standard ballpoint pen just snatched the Guinness World Record for smallest humanoid robot.
The tiny bot, built by members of a school robotics team in Hong Kong, stands just 5.5 inches tall. That makes it a little less than half an inch shorter than the previous record holder, Zain Ahmad Qureshi of Pakistan.
To nab the record for smallest humanoid robot, a bot has to be more than just a toy. It must be capable of bipedal movement and articulating its shoulders, elbows, knees and hips. The latest record winner not only walks and moves its arms, however. As the video below shows, it can be programmed to dance, do kung-fu and play soccer, though it’s no David Beckham (at least not yet).
Four members of the robotics team at the Diocesan Boys’ School for seventh to 12th graders designed and engineered the bot, which moves with the help of servo motors. The servos are manipulated via a control board attached to the robot’s back that can be operated via onboard control buttons or a mobile app.
