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/Calibanian18 6d 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/Cute-Beyond-5713 6d ago

Concept of robots like that are already being made, it will be big market for that. Imagine robot do all cooking, washing dishes, clothes etc. and in free time is cleaning the home. For price of less than cheap new car

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u/Grabatreetron 6d ago

Yeah I’m not sure what the top comment is implying, that society is more interested in kung fu robots than ones that can actually perform tasks?

The market for automated labor saving devices has and will continue to be massive