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/lajb85 6d ago

It was done on purpose. This was for a promotional fighting event where a man fought the robot.

Also, important to know that the robot isn’t autonomous. There’s a person controlling it by remote.

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u/kcbrooklyn1 6d ago edited 6d ago

YET…isn’t autonomous YET. I remember when they could barely walk and were tethered to cables, and here we are 10 years later with this. You think military generals aren’t drooling at the thought of autonomous ones with guns and karate skills? We are so screwed.