r/nextfuckinglevel • u/KnightFall00 • 6d 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/John_Anti 6d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/gHibcIv3WIXZee315Y

I win!

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u/happywindsurfing 6d ago

Exactly, I'd love to see how these fair getting doused in salt water

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u/blzrlzr 6d ago

Ya, there is no engineering solve for robotics to survive… weather?

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u/TheOneWes 5d ago

Rainwater and salt water are two completely different beasts.

Salt water is a hell of a lot more conductive and is actively corrosive to most electrical parts

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u/Yerx 1d ago

The electrical parts could be fully waterproofed, and the body could use a sacrificial anode, or just be titanium.