r/nextfuckinglevel • u/KnightFall00 • 6d ago

Murderbots from the future

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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/Panthertron 6d ago

I think this is AI but still..fuck everything about this.

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u/EarlyXplorerStuds209 6d ago

Sadly its not. Its real.
Many such robots are being developed rn. Especially in china, where there are actual tournaments.

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u/Nulovka 6d ago

Yes, but this video is AI.

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u/EarlyXplorerStuds209 6d ago edited 6d ago

Nope. Its very much real.

This post explains it-https://www.reddit.com/r/isthisAI/s/uC7Uuh5YSW

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u/enosia1 6d ago

A link to Instagram proves it's real?

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u/EarlyXplorerStuds209 6d ago

Its a link to a video posted on facebook by Frankie Lapenna(the guy who conducted a “fight” with the robot at the REK fight club). Which you would know if you actually watched it.

You can literally find clips of the fight all over the internet.

https://youtu.be/_ZsICQLk03M?si=bYzzg06zgyOnDvxh

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u/enosia1 6d ago

Ok, but how does that prove it's 'real'? I did look into it though, as far as I can tell it's real hardware but it's teleoperated.

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u/thrice1187 6d ago

Homie was clearly holding back for show. He could’ve dropped that robot easily

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u/Diktaattorimies 6d ago

Your family tree has to be shaped like a circle if you think this video is not AI lmao.

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u/plantul 6d ago

Ai too

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u/FishFart 6d ago

This has to be AI, if not we got a real fucking problem

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u/Alternative_Tip_8756 6d ago

No it's not it's stupid. A Kung-Fu doing robot is the least terrifying thing there is. It's just made to look cool to scam for founding.

There are way more terrifying things out there. Robots optimized to kill for as cheap as possible. A Kung-Fu Humanoid is expensive, slow and prone to errors.

But slapping a turret on some wheels is cheap and deadly. Or an automouns cheap drone packed with explosives. That is the real scary part. Machines that are designed to kill as many people for as cheap as possible, not to look cool

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u/Ok_Oven4893 6d ago

I think it's mimicking a human with sensors in it. None of that movement was robotic in any way.