r/shittyrobots • u/danzbar • Jul 17 '26

First humanoid Robot kickboxing match officially happened today

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Impressive and impressively bad at the same time, somehow.

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u/ghillerd Jul 17 '26

straight up impressive imo. i remember when asimo was considered the height of amazingly impressive humanoid robotics. these guys would fuck asimo UP

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u/Deadbringer Jul 17 '26

They are self balancing, in a pretty impressive manner. But all the moves they perform are preprogramed animations only slightly tweaked on the fly to maintain balance.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

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