The 12th International Camel Race took place in Kebd, Kuwait, last weekend, and the winning camel was piloted by a…robot. In fact, pretty much all the ungulates were ridden by tiny robots. The cyber jockeys were first introduced in 2005 in the United Arab Emirates and quickly (and thankfully) replaced the children who were maltreated, underfed, and forced to ride the camels in races. There’s still room for improvement — the owners operate the whip-wielding robots while zooming alongside the six-kilometer course in cars. Via New Scientist.

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