The World's First Skiing Robot Is Lame

This is not a news story. This is a roast.

Chinese company LimX Dynamics recently posted a YouTube video of its TRON 1 robot "conquering" the slopes of a ski area in -20°C. The small, bipedal robot, attached to two small skis, navigates a flat slope amid fanfare and hubbub.

"Graceful slope run, zero skidding all the way," reads one caption of the 48-second video. "Cruising the runs steady as a pro," reads another as the robot bumbles and fumbles its way down an embarrassingly flat trail.