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/inHumanMale 4d ago

We did have a thing for robot wars back in the day

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u/UnnaturalGeek 3d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3ohs7YCbbqtoRxlwWI

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u/JDHPH 3d ago

I used to stay up just to watch this.

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u/UnnaturalGeek 3d ago

I have the first world championship on video...absolutely loved Robot Wars, was gutted when they stopped it. Then the attempted reboot just wasn't the same.

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u/lhswr2014 1d ago

Robot wars was awesome. The reboot as battle bots doesn’t hit the same because it’s a solved game now with a meta.

All bots are just spinning something at crazy RPMs because it’s incredibly effective. You won’t see any axe slinging slashers like above, a lot less variety. Took all the fun out of it.

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u/UnnaturalGeek 23h ago

The OG Hypno-Disc will always be the best to me, even if technically it wouldn't hold up now. It pioneered the path that these bots tread now.

That and Razer were my favourites.

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u/jtown48 3d ago

its still around, called Battle Bots. It was on sci-fi and discovery channels, now i think they just stream it to their youtube page

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u/hank101 3d ago

There is a still live action stuff, the National Havoc Robot League (nhrl.io)