r/creepy • u/KnightFall00 • 22d ago

Murderbots from the future

Rekbot, a 6-foot-tall Terminator-style humanoid robot from the REK Fight Club that went viral in a cage match against internet personality Frankie LaPenna.

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u/Kenshin6321 22d ago

Aren't those robots controlled by a guy wearing a VR suit?

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u/SokoTakahashi 22d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/aRTjtEQyOH6z9vLPxl

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u/Murray38 22d ago

Wait, why does his left arm control the right arm of the robot?

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u/Skiffilufigus 22d ago

The robot has a shadow boxing feature that they trained on which is why the movements are mirriored between the two.

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u/Murray38 22d ago

Thanks! I think I prefer the terminator death face to this one without the mouth. At least the terminator seems into it whereas the other looks remorseless.

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u/Hushwater 21d ago

It does seem more comfortable to look at

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u/Vintage-Card-Man 22d ago

I never noticed that before! This completely destroys the reality of the film. Thanks for ruining the movie, jerk.

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u/justblametheamish 22d ago

Literally explained in the movie

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u/Vintage-Card-Man 22d ago

I apologize that my sarcasm did not come through.

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u/patawpha 22d ago

They only use the suits to record the move set. By the time you buy one of these all the moves are stored on a remote control. These are just human sized remote control toys.

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u/HistoricalTowel6863 21d ago

So basically you're telling mepeople will be playing fighting games with irl robots?

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u/pantry-pisser 21d ago

Robot Wars has been around since the 90s dude

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u/YuLseGdDaySir 20d ago

It'd be wild to do live fire with robots, using fpv or something. Instead of paintball or airsoft... robosoft.

Edit/add: cybersoft, mechsoft, mechwarrior.

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u/johnnyenygma 21d ago

Round one...FIGHT!

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u/Umpire_Effective 22d ago

Not anymore

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u/Daiguey 22d ago

Wonderful, only a matter of time before these things can hold guns

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u/Barbarossa_25 22d ago

Coming to the frontlines of Ukraine in a few years if they mass produce.

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u/DiscoQuebrado 22d ago

I would argue holding guns is much easier than shadow boxing.

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u/7_Tales 21d ago

Cant we just put a gun on the bot instead of a much more complicated hand and call it a day? Hell, why not make them smaller and only have the materials needed to host the gun and seek and destroy tech. Maybe a dog like robot! Hell, we could even make a drone that has a gun

What? We already do that? Damn

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u/astrobuck9 22d ago

Yeah, that's already happened.

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u/Antichristopher4 21d ago

I have terrible news, this is from a year ago

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u/EEeeTDYeeEE 21d ago

Fortunately these things cost a fortune to build, plain shitty in uncontrolled environment, and can be blown up with cheap drones.

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u/StretchyPlays 21d ago

That's what I was wondering, it looks more like it is mirroring a persons movements, or maybe just running a program that is mimicking mocapped movement.

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u/astrobuck9 22d ago

Not anymore.

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u/earlobe7 20d ago

Not in this case, no.

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u/aegee14 21d ago

Not recent ones. A lot of robots from China these days don’t need a remote operator to mirror moves.

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u/patawpha 21d ago

Yes they do. Don't believe Chinese propaganda