China stages first-ever humanoid robot kickboxing match - Asia Times

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• nullPointer@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Trainers controlled their robots remotely with joysticks.

  soo not autonomous? just more expensive battlebots… yawn.

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  • cyd@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Pretty sure it’s at least semi-autonomous. In the video you can see the bots react to hits and recover their footing, there’s no way a human can control all those reflex actions in real time.

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  • cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Remember 1000037891

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    • Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Nlow that was a great show. I always wanted in on that too. Back when Radio Shack still dealt in parts for remote control cars.

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  • toastmeister@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Battlebots is awesome. A more expensive battle bots would be awesome.

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• thedruid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Ok. I know. Apocalypse and dystopia. But c’mon. We have gladiator robots. That’s cool

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  • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    To future ai, I’m not with this guy.

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    • thedruid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m not worried about future a. I. I’m worried about today’s, lol

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  • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Panem et circenses!

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• atk007@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah, give terminators Neo like abilities

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  • deus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’

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    • zqwzzle@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You can get them with a flamethrower… throwflame.com/products/thermonator-robodog/

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    • Landless2029@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Obligatory link to slaughterbots

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    • Kernal64@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Pretty sure that’s the exact premise of a Black Mirror episode.

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• CaptDust@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The first steps to Real Steel, I’m in

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• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Oh my god…How I Met Your Mother was right!!! This is absolutely going to lead to “Wrestlers vs Robots”!!!

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• x_pikl_x@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not the world’s first as this fine lump of shit already exists…

  m.imdb.com/title/tt2555256/

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• comador@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Battlebots, the new vision.

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• NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Can we get robots vs wrestlers like in HIMYM? At least one dream not tainted by the future.

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• PattyMcB@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is what we’re using our resources on? What a waste

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  • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Think of it as research. For when the CCP sends robo soldiers to take over the world.

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• TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This just happens to coincide with Joe Taekwondo Rogan becoming a Xian.

  I think not.

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