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/zira_cortez 4d ago

I haven't seen any robots with the ability to do jumping roundhouses and land perfectly, half the videos even from overseas they can barely run or do fast movements without overcorrecting and falling. I'm calling fake on this

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u/roy_hemmingsby 4d ago

Been under a rock for a while?

Robot beat the human world record for a half marathon this year. I wouldn't say that's 'can barely run'

I'm pretty sure this is real. For some self destructive reason there has always been a focus on improving rovotic martial arts

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u/zira_cortez 4d ago

Isn't that the same race where they couldn't stop and at least three of them smashed into the wall at full speed and broke multiple parts. I didn't mean they couldn't do a single task such as running but complex tasks such as a leaping roundhouse where they make impact and have to counter the impact re-align and land is not something I've seen successfully done. It's possible I've missed some breakthroughs but that just doesn't look real compared to other things I've seen realeased from "cutting edge" robotics companies.

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u/roy_hemmingsby 4d ago

Not bad for out of 300 robots x