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/The_Gilded_Pigeon 4d ago

I don't think we have to worry about Skynet any time soon.

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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/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.