With their stadium devoid of fans on account of coronavirus restrictions, Japanese baseball team Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks have provide you with an imaginative substitute: dancing robots.
Before their most up-to-date Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) recreation towards Rakuten Eagles on Tuesday, over 20 robots danced to the team’s battle tune on a podium in the in any other case empty stand.
Two totally different robots, together with SoftBank’s humaniod robotic ‘Pepper’ and others on 4 legs like a canine, stamped and shimmied in a choreographed dance that’s normally carried out by the Hawks’ fans earlier than video games in the 40,000 capability Fukuoka Dome.
Some of the robots wore Hawks caps and waved flags supporting the team.
Fans on social media had blended reactions.
“I think this is like a dystopia,” wrote one Twitter consumer.
Another referred to as the efficiency “insanely beautiful.”
Boosted by the supportive robots, the Hawks received 4-3 as they appear to defend their 2019 NPB title.
The NPB season started three months late on June 19 because of the coronavirus pandemic and at present no supporters are allowed to attend video games.
However, from Friday, as much as 5,000 fans shall be allowed to attend skilled baseball and soccer video games in Japan on account of an easing of restrictions.
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