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How camel riding robots saved children's lives

In the early 2000s, the Qatari government came under pressure for using child jockeys in camel racing.

By 2005 the use of child jockeys were banned and a new jockey had been designed, a robot. They even wore tiny caps.

The robots eventually replaced all human jockeys, saving the lives of children across the Middle East.

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