Robot Camel Jockey Test Successful

Science marches on. The robot camel jockey, designed by a Swiss company, has been successfully tested in Doha, Qatar. From The Peninsula

DOHA: The first-ever robot camel jockey in Qatar was successfully experimented this week at the Al Shahaniya camel race track in the presence of the Prime Minister H H Sheikh Abdulla bin Khalifa Al Thani.

Robot camel jockeys have been introduced in the country following a recent ban imposed on using child jockeys in camel races.

And you thought I was making this up.