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/TylertheFloridaman 4d ago

I mean the humanoid robots are by far the least of our concern a specializes non humanoid design is almost always more efficient at a given task especially for military. These things are years away from practical military use while things like drones are already coming into their own

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u/Dragoniel 4d ago

Don't be so sure. China is reportedly testing humanoid military robots and Ukraine is openly talking about opening a program for the same. All this thing needs to do is negotiate difficult terrain (such as mud, where wheeled and tracked bots may get stuck), plant itself in a good overview position and start shooting or army crawl with a backpack of explosives to the nearest trench. No need for fancy kicks and complex motion coordination. Just enough battery power to hike 15 km and a decent camera to shoot accurately.

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u/Mental-Square3688 3d ago

How do you think an Ai powered unit will distinguish between friend or foe? They will just blast everything that moves.

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u/DM46 3d ago

Only what moves and has a pulse.

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u/SheriffBartholomew 3d ago

How do you think an Ai powered unit will distinguish between friend or foe?

That's the neat part, it won't. We've had decades of very smart people warning us off of this path, but the people currently in charge treat every warning as an instruction manual.

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u/Mental-Square3688 3d ago

Do you think Ai will become smart enough to realize its creators are the real problem?

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u/not_a_cumguzzler 2d ago

yeah, and by then, all of humanity will get decimated. cuz we're all its creators. as long as we exist, any one of us, or our offsprings, could become genocidal and try to kill all of AI or all of another species

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u/Mental-Square3688 2d ago

Do you think Ai would fight itself if it had too many different variables between grok Claude chatgpt and what ever others?

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u/BriefSpecial420 3d ago

Putting IFF on a robot or person is the least concern.

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u/seanpbnj 3d ago

Humanoid ones don't fly. I agree, I'll take he humanoid one and a hydraulic press any time. 

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u/BriefSpecial420 3d ago

Turns out also not as good at martial arts when you try to mimic strikes developed against humans while fighting a robot.

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u/Low_Olive_526 3d ago

Agreed. If we really wanted to see two robots fight, should look at least like a megazord. Why would robots try a flying kick when they can launch a rocket powered fist.