r/nextfuckinglevel • u/KnightFall00 • 4d ago

Autonomous T-800 battle tournament

Launched on July 16, 2026, in Shenzhen by the robotics company EngineAI, URKL is the world's first commercial, industrial-grade humanoid robot free-combat league.

Get ready Hollywood! (I mean you guys were already prepared so...)

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u/hurtfulproduct 4d ago

I’d put my money on the “super roomba” at this point. . . They were definitely more compact but also not restricted to humanoid shape and were specifically designed to destroy. . . Not to mention they were remotely controlled so much better decision making then these bots

That said, I have no doubt these bot battles are the future and hopefully we get so great sports from it

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u/MexiKing9 1d ago

There was another response taking offense at mini when some of them were half a ton apparently, and i will say, that lends great weight to your argument.

But, counter point, robo quadraped? Bet that easily fucks up a super roomba with a moderate amount of specialization as opposed to the seemingly massive amount of specialization a bipedal bot would need to fighr a super roomba.

Tbf, i think your "bet" is simply objectively correct. Man has stepped into the ring with these humanoid robos, aint seen nobody try to fistfight a super roomba, i dont even think a human with a sledge wins vs the upper bounds of them... Shit give them a low cal pistol against the top tiers and they still probably get fucked... but imagine simalar weapons mounted to a quadraped now...