Preview: Ziggy Takes On 49ers Pro In Football Kicking Competition

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 15 of April , 2010 at 6:04 am

This is Ziggy. You remember Ziggy, right? He weighs 340 pounds, is covered in titanium armor plate, and tosses other robots like salad with his pneumatic lifting arm. I’ll bet you didn’t know that he played football, though… You might think a robot like Ziggy would be best suited for linebacker or something, but instead, Ziggy is putting that pneumatic arm to use as a placekicker.

In a shameless PR ploy for RoboGames 2010, Ziggy will test out his kicking ability by going roboto-a-mano with San Francisco 49ers placekicker Joe Nedney, whose current in game record is something like 56 yards. Ziggy here broke 40 yards in testing last night without breaking a sweat, so check back next Monday to see how badly the puny human loses (assuming the robot decides to function properly, of course).

Gratuitous Ziggy video, after the jump.

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