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<p><b>The official Instagram account of </b><b>Guinness World Records</b><b> has posted a </b><b>video</b><b> of 100 humanoid robots performing a synchronized cheerleading routine at a baseball game in Japan.</b></p>
<p><b>Robot cheer team:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people around the world are not permitted to enter stadiums for sports events. Because athletes are missing the adrenaline rush of applauding audiences, a Japanese robotics company created an artificial cheer team of robots, reported </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://newsable.asianetnews.com/weird-news/viral-video-japan-over-100-humanoid-robots-become-cheerleaders-during-baseball-match-gcw-r0g7fp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Asianet News</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guinness World Records’ </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUhwYmGIxZ8/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram video</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which was posted on Oct. 6, has garnered over 11,000 likes as of this writing. In the short clip, robots can be seen mimicking humans by clapping, waving their robotic arms, moving their heads and bowing.  </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to the video’s caption, the machines are Pepper humanoid robots made by Softbank Robotics and Fukuoka Softbank Hawks. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The robot squad were presented with their certificate at a recent baseball game &#8211; Fukuoka Softbank Hawks vs Chiba Lotte Marines at Fukuoka Pay Pay Dome in Japan,” </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guinness World Records</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> wrote.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Featured Image via </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUhwYmGIxZ8/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>Guinness World Records</b></a></span></p>
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