Exercising robot will still be sweating long after you've abandoned your New Year's resolutions

Adding to the list of things robots do better than humans, this creation from the University of Tokyo is now better than we are at exercise. In Science Robotics today, the researchers showed off their newest humanoid robot, Kengoro, who can do sit-ups, push-ups, and back extensions -- which a quick Google search revealed to me, is definitely a real thing. Kengoro is nothing without a series of 116 actuators. The actuators are placed inside its frame in an attempt to mirror the human body, and through push/pull commands can contract much like whatever flab resides where our muscles should be. These actuators, though, produce heat.