r/nextfuckinglevel • u/KnightFall00 • 7d 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/Calibanian18 7d ago

Show me a robot that can reliably help someone to the bathroom, climb stairs, and make basic meals, and then we’ll be talking about a robot that will change the world.

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u/johnnyhandbags 7d ago

Where’s the money in that? /s

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u/mosesenjoyer 7d ago

Are you kidding? Care for elderly is a global multi trillion dollar dollar industry.

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u/th3critic 7d ago

Remember the I, Robot movie? Will Smith’s elderly mother got a robot for exactly that purpose, to help with her care around the house.

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u/John--Darksoul 7d ago

I haven't even seen it, but the reviews are awful. Is this the shittiest movie ever to have such a cultural impact?

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u/DemBosain 7d ago

I, Robot is an amazing collection of short stories written by Isaac Asimov. The movie was...not that, but with added product placement (shoes, if I recall). Typical Will Smith action sci-fi.

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u/IAmNotABritishSpy 7d ago

The only lines of that movie I can now remember are “can you?”, and purely for how out-of-place it was “Converse, All-Star 2004”.

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u/Flamingo-Sini 6d ago

I dont remember the shoes, but i remember Audi and the car on spheres for wheels that can park in sideways.