Yay or Nay: Robots in the stands at a baseball game

Drew Franklinby:Drew Franklin•07/08/20•

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In Japan, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks play baseball in front of robots. Not fans — those are off limits — but robots.

The Hawks hosted the Rakuten Eagles for a Nippon Professional Baseball league game on Tuesday and there were dancing robots in the stands. These robots performed a dance that is traditionally done by all of the fans that pack Fukuoka SoftBank’s home stadium in normal circumstances, but in 2020, we have to get creative.

See for yourself and tell us if it’s awesome or weird:

And what exactly is going on right here…

Let’s try to keep it kid friendly over there, Japan.

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