Dancing robots replace fans at Japanese baseball game

Dancing robots replace fans at Japanese baseball game

With their stadium devoid of supporters due to coronavirus restrictions, the Japanese baseball team Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks brought in replacement fans: dancing robots.

Before their most recent Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) game against Rakuten Eagles on 7 July, more than 20 robots, some resembling humans and others on four legs like a dog, danced to the team’s fight song in the otherwise empty stand. Read more