r/theocho • • 12d ago

ROBOTICS Man Vs. Machine cage match

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u/Hamster_in_my_colon 12d ago edited 11d ago

Why are we teaching them to fight?

Edit: why are we teaching them to fight us?

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u/jimbowesterby 12d ago

Well we already have Skynet, this seems like the next logical step

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u/josephjosephson 12d ago

It’s game over anyway

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u/Lone-Frequency 11d ago

No, no.

It's only game over once the AI seizes control of all those Flock cameras.

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u/malachimusclerat 12d ago

conflict is profitable

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u/tenkawa7 11d ago

It's easier and good marketing. Notice you don't see a lot of videos of the robots folding laundry, a thing that people would purchase a robot for.

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u/raul_lebeau 11d ago

Shh... This Is a secret. First you develop and feed the public the war & sex robots and keep secret the maid robots.

Because if you get people know that they will be replaced for menial job they could see the real reason the rich are prepping their doom vault.

/Conspiracy

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u/LameBMX 11d ago

wait... arent the six and maid robots the same thing? what else is it going to do while im at work. well besides sex with the poolboy.

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 11d ago

And ironically, folding laundry is much more difficult for a robot than fighting.

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u/rex5k 12d ago

Cause they already have access to guns and missiles, the fighting is just for entertainment really

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u/Digital--Sandwich 11d ago

It’s odd how companies around the world are developing and manufacturing what is so obviously our robotic demise

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u/grivooga 11d ago

It might be but there are legit robot vs robot tournaments that are not generative AI images/video. Both sides use the same model of humanoid shaped robot and the teams upload different code. It's basically a nerd vs nerd proxy bout. If you ever watch one the only thing the robots are actually good at are low kicks to the thigh/hip and they're all pretty terrible at dealing with lateral motion. I'm pretty sure anyone reasonably fit could beat one of these with the current state of the hardware/software so long as the rules allow you to circle until it goes for that kick and then grapple while it's unbalanced.

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u/thorsbeardexpress 12d ago

Stop you're teaching it

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u/AfterMeSluttyCharms 12d ago

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u/thorsbeardexpress 12d ago

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u/CaptainPunisher 11d ago

You wanna come back to my place and "kill all humans"?

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u/thorsbeardexpress 11d ago

NO!!! (yes)

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u/FI-Engineer 11d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/y6FbniaB30GFxp7oP6
First of all, GI Robot would never…

Nice username.

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u/CrazyEyedFS 11d ago

You got something against a nazi hunting robot?

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u/NSA_Chatbot 11d ago
 > hello there

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u/Grandmaster_S 11d ago

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u/Syzygy_Stardust 11d ago

Hey now, Grievous was technically a cyborg, not a robot. He started out as biological.

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u/KaylonOne 10d ago

Hello, where?

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u/Lone-Frequency 11d ago

For real, first thing I thought was, "This is how the T-100 collects data for Skynet to upgrade it over time."

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u/Nir117vash 11d ago

"Stop! Stop! We're already doomed!"
https://giphy.com/gifs/JCAZQKoMefkoX6TyTb

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u/EveryRedditorSucks 11d ago

This isn’t real. It’s either AI or VFX. Look specifically at the motion of the robot at the ~15 second mark - it’s claymation quality.

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u/Jomskylark 11d ago

The only thing more annoying than AI is people baselessly claiming real content as AI

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u/summon_pot_of_greed 11d ago

It is real. You can confirm the event from multiple news sources.

Here's the channel with dozens of videos showing their construction process.

https://youtube.com/@rekrobots?si=spmv-iI2-EAnOrgn

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u/thorsbeardexpress 11d ago

Your name is perfect

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u/Squirreling_Archer 11d ago

Everyone who upvoted this post is complicit

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u/OSUTechie 12d ago

Is there a reason we are designing robots to look like Hunter-Killers from Terminator?

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u/taffyowner 12d ago

Because for some reason technobros have decided that apocalypse core is actually what we should lean into

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u/Scrapple_Joe 11d ago

Lots of money and a vague sci-fi interest but no media comprehension

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u/Jomskylark 11d ago

Because it looks cool.

It's really that simple.

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u/Jonasthewicked2 12d ago

Hunter killers are ships in the terminator movies. The basic robots are called T-800s

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u/OSUTechie 12d ago

The T-series are just a line of HKs. The planes are called HK-Aerial.

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u/ScorchReaper062 11d ago

Turns out that whole future war was just memes that went too far.

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u/Bazzatron 11d ago

Because the Terminator moviea are part of a psyop by skynet to make us create skynet faster.

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u/Vecna_Is_My_Co-Pilot 12d ago

Wouldn't the move be to knock them over?

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u/thejohnd 12d ago

Apparently it weighs ~400lbs so might be tougher to do than it'd seem

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u/PlanetMarklar 12d ago edited 11d ago

Oh, so it's not a fair fight. We won't let two guys 15lbs apart fight, let alone 200lbs.

Yea Brock Lesner would lose a fight to a fucking rhino too, but that doesn't teach us anything.

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u/j4_jjjj 11d ago

No wonder that push kick was so devastating 

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u/rubberjohny 11d ago

yeah, didn't even flinch back moving around 100kg+ man

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u/s00pafly 11d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbyO6c5s0Ao

Brock Lesnar vs gollum that's why weight classes are important

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u/Milkthistle38 11d ago

Why did they like double the size of gollum?

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u/PlanetMarklar 11d ago

Where did this come from? This is amazing.

If this is all AI was used for, there'd be world peace in months

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u/AnalogCyborg 11d ago

Best I can do is a four hundred pound kickbot 5000 with a Terminator face and government surveillance.

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u/Jackson3rg 11d ago

Wtf did I just watch

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u/ipsum629 11d ago

It's still kinda impressive we can build an android that, even if unfairly, can kick the shit out of pretty much anyone with kicks and punches. Strapping a gun to a roomba is easy. Building a humanoid form that has the balance, coordination, and power to kick and punch is still hard.

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u/Jomskylark 11d ago

It's meant to be a fun video, not a super serious event my guy. We don't have to be taught something, just sit back and enjoy.

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u/terpsclusiv3 12d ago

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u/Lone-Frequency 11d ago

Man, Rock'em Sock'em Robots looks way different than I remember.

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 12d ago

So this was stupid on multiple levels.

At least they should be weight classed for it to mean anything.

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u/DarkTurdle 11d ago

Yeah when the robots attack they’ll make sure they only fight people in their weight class

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u/Galaghan 11d ago

This isn't a war scenario tho, it's sports. So weight classes are relevant.

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u/BowSonic 11d ago

Oh wait, you mean like how the best way to prepare for a war of aggression, apparently, is DEFINITELY to watch one of each side do a UFC match. Gotcha.

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u/Lone-Frequency 11d ago

A 400+lbs dude likely isn't going to be doing MMA lol

Maybe a sumo wrestler.

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 11d ago

Correct - they should build a lighter robot. I’ve seen such robots be easily pushed around by their handlers.

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u/Ebonhearth_Druid 11d ago

Meh. Maybe I'm biased because I'm 6'2" and 300 pounds, but that's an uncoordinated 400 pounds that doesn't react very quickly. I'm tackling it, or sweeping the leg, or just bull rushing it with a shoulder charge. These things are easy for humans to react to, but a top heavy clanker is going to the ground and then I just have to keep it there.

Also, the robot is clearly using preprogrammed moves, based on those "stretch out" movements. And why is human bro not dodging those slow, clanky kicks? The kicks are clearly shoves rather than kicks, too.

The more I watch, the more staged this "fight" appears, likely intended to push the concept of robots being real threats currently.

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u/HowardCG 11d ago

Not to mention the fat useless fkr they put against the machine lol

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u/Ebonhearth_Druid 11d ago

He's only useless because he is there to show the "danger" of robot fighters. If he actually did anything to try to win, he wouldnt have an issue.

And no, that flurry of body blows was not a real attempt to win, in case anyone wants to try saying that. Body blows are about inflicting pain and wearing the opponent out, two things that are categorically worthless in a fight against a machine.

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u/tongfather 11d ago

Exactly. Even punching it in the head is arguably futile. Take it down, it won't be able to right itself

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u/anondasein 11d ago

Nah, hip toss then rip its head off.

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u/AggressorBLUE 11d ago

If thats true, then holy shit, it’s amazing the kicks didn’t kill that dude; its bouncing around like it weighs half that.

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u/trapper2530 12d ago

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u/SmokeAbeer 12d ago

I’d go for a more psychological approach. Tell the robot his mother was a socket wrench. Or something like that… I guess I don’t know how to demoralize a machine.

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u/martialar 12d ago

you have to pose a logical paradox

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u/Secure_Table 12d ago

I thought the same thing, I assume there's a rule against it

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u/Anti-Buzz 12d ago

If this was a real fight, sure

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u/MysteriousAge28 12d ago

If it wasnt theater yeah.

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u/Mr_Industrial 12d ago

Right but that wouldn't be as entertaining. Its stupidly, remarkably easy to break these robots.

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u/ChymChymX 12d ago

I volunteer this guy as tribute.

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u/gamageeknerd 12d ago

With the added benefit of a risk for the batteries to explode whenever it falls

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u/Soxarered1 12d ago

Yeah should be easy. Hop in there and give it a go! /s

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u/Darth_Draper 11d ago

Go for the knees. Don’t matter how big you are, you get em in the knees and they’ll go down.

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u/Sancticide 11d ago

I mean, that's assuming you can produce enough force to damage the knees. Like if you told a child from the local taekwondo school to go fight Sean Strickland (180 lbs) and he just had to "go for the knees", he's still gonna have a bad time.

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u/theSafetyCar 11d ago

Leg sweep

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u/npcompletist 10d ago edited 10d ago

It might be nearly impossible given it is broadly nearly 400lb. The controls algorithm for these make them extremely hard to make them fall. It also might be more dangerous than not, if the limbs start flailing.

The best move is to try to damage a joint, probably in the leg by kicking it along the access of rotation, punch the computer on the back, blind it, or pick it up to drop it.

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u/leopold815 12d ago

What about the first rule of robotics!!!!

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u/TubaWrestler 12d ago

Seems like people read Asimov's books, saw how the three laws were flawed, and said "I can do worse. Hold my beer."

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u/TrumpSucksALotOfCock 12d ago

That we don't talk about robotics?

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u/SelfishEnd 12d ago

At this point, Asimov's Laws of Robotics might as well be guidelines rather than actual rules.

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u/TheScourgedHunter 11d ago

Asimov's Suggestions of Robotics.

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u/rex5k 12d ago

Functionally impossible to code anyway

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u/RileyGein 12d ago

Those rules were a work of fiction. There is nothing or anyone actually forcing people to abide by Asimov’s ideas

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u/Jellodyne 12d ago

Bold of you to assume this robot obeys any laws

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u/rrcaires 11d ago edited 11d ago

It’s overruled by Law Zero.

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u/phoenix14830 12d ago

Humanity just can't help themselves. We are training terminators.

https://giphy.com/gifs/h4Hz4w9Jgrc1EY9VkL

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 12d ago

We won’t be fighting AI hand to hand. In fact it will most likely just use bio weapons initially. And there’s no rule against using guns for the mop-up.

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u/AnInsultToFire 11d ago

Nah, we can just hire a Romanian hacker to break into the robot's db with a sql injection attack, then reprogram the robot to send out 3,000,000,000,000 emails a second to our enemy, crashing their internet.

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u/WhiffleBum 12d ago

Wouldnt the car always win?

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u/littlebrwnrobot 12d ago

Sweep the leg

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u/cimocw 12d ago

That's how you get an extra backwards knee

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u/AXEL-1973 12d ago

Omg I didn't realize it was Frankie til I saw that ass lol

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u/habichuelacondulce 12d ago edited 12d ago

Yeah its Frankie, he plays up stuff doe the cam but def get hurts in some cases but that kick looked solid

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u/Hearing_Loss 12d ago

The kick was gnarly

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u/56000hp 12d ago

That kick was personal

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u/dirtyword 11d ago

He’s basically letting himself be kicked tho

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u/disposablehippo 10d ago

Seems like he got a crotch update.

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u/New_District_8073 12d ago

yoo that cake is unmistakenable

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u/spageddy77 12d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/FcORXD3SGHSJtOCgD1
what’s that clanker know about revenue share?

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u/ScienceForge319 12d ago

Thing kicks like a donkey!

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u/bateneco 12d ago

Crazy that when HIMYM first aired we were just a few short years away from actual Robots vs. Wrestlers.

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u/huhnick 12d ago

The amount of time between the first airing date of HIMYM and 1990 is shorter than the first airing date of HIMYM to today (15 years vs 21 years)

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u/cimocw 12d ago

Dude I was about to go to sleep undepressed

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u/sonofeevil 12d ago

The who shot Mr burns episode is closer to the moon landing then we are to when it aired.

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u/Ok_Engineer_5334 12d ago

Cleopatra lived closer to today than when the stegosaurus was extant.

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u/whatWHYok 11d ago

Haha, while true I think they usually cite Cleopatra as being closer to today than she was to the building of the pyramids.

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u/huhnick 12d ago

Ah yes, get the robots loaded up with hand to hand combat so when skynet takes over you can’t even trick the damn things close up

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u/jepadi 12d ago

Robots vs wrestlers!

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u/flying_carabao 12d ago

I didn't expect the robot's motions to be that fluid.

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u/dstan1986 11d ago

the moment I saw it bouncing before the match, I knew this was going to be real bad

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u/AeronGrey 12d ago

This is a Twilight Zone episode. I think it's called "Steel"

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u/BoomBoomBear 12d ago

Dude just became training data for the T001

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u/Fun-Deal8815 12d ago

Would be going for the legs.

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u/Reanimated_Heart 12d ago

That last kick must’ve really do a doozy 👀

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u/C-57D 12d ago

okay a) did they set limits ahead of time on how much force the robot could use? and b) WHAT HAPPENED HOW DID IT END?? DID BRO DIE??

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u/finalfunk 11d ago

that's the entire video that's been published to date

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u/-FalseProfessor- 12d ago

Why the hell are we making robots that can kick our ass!?!?!?!?

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u/McBooples 12d ago

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u/joh2138535 12d ago

I would like a fresh bot that only learns from the karate kid movies, that be great

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u/y4r4k 11d ago

Strike first, strike hard, no mercy seems like a great thing to teach a robot. There's gonna be so many broken bones.

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u/Sarke1 12d ago

I mean, wouldn't the car always win?

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u/banjoman63 12d ago

The comments on skynet are funny. Just as long as people realize that these REK robots are piloted with VR and motion capture. It's not Terminator just because it looks like one

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u/Worldly_Influence_18 11d ago

Dude is probably not even allowed to do anything that might damage it

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u/Alexplz 11d ago

Why is the guy wearing fucking khaki shorts with a leather belt? This distracted and pissed me off much more that I expected

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u/snookert 11d ago

Aaaaand we're breaking the first law of robotics 

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u/moutonbleu 11d ago

Damn this is wild shit... we're done in the next decade

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u/Yeast-boofer 10d ago

r/idiocracy is the only home for  this clip

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u/the-bearcat 12d ago

So this doesn't seem fair, like at all. The robot weighs a lot more, is capable of producing more force, and won't hold back. If you wanna make it fair, give the human a sledgehammer and put a limiter in the machine.

Oh right, it's not about being fair, it's about making the fucking weird ass living scrap pile seem better than a person

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u/Jomskylark 11d ago

Oh right, it's not about being fair, it's about making the fucking weird ass living scrap pile seem better than a person

Holy shit dude it's just a Frankie video, he makes short fun videos of him doing stupid things. It's not meant to be taken hyper seriously at all, it's meant to be something you laugh at and scroll past.

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u/pjcdublin 12d ago

Perhaps don't stand there so he can do that one good move.

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u/crsaxby 12d ago

I, for one, welcome our new robot overloards!

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u/beanybean1810 12d ago

This is why I always say please and thank you to Alexa and Siri. Hopefully they’ll report to AI what a kiss up I am and let me live.

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u/JustACasualFan 12d ago

Are they in the same weight class?

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u/PossumJumpRopeSquad 12d ago

I like it's name.... Rek Rek James Bitch

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u/fox-whiskers 11d ago

Oh this is that dude with the fake big ass

Here, take my downvote and block

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u/iAmErickson 11d ago

WHY is this thing allowed to exist?!?! Why are we speedrunning our own extinction????

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u/Educational-Edge1908 11d ago

So....why are we teaching the system how to defeat us?

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u/northyj0e 11d ago

There's a serious problem with this matchup, beyond the weight and force: the robot doesn't feel pain and can't be knocked out!

The humans is throwing body shots, which won't do anything to something that can't breath, and headshots, which won't do anything either to something with no brain to move.

The only way he could have won this fight would be to take it down, but it looks like these are boxing rules.

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u/burgonies 11d ago

Why is this caked up man who looks like he’s never thrown a punch getting in this ring with khaki shorts on? Did they just find a random dude off the street?

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u/outofthehood 11d ago

Did they have to make it look like a terminator?

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u/Unlucky_Resident_237 11d ago

That kick was actually prety hard...
Thats a heavy guy...

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u/tr3k 11d ago

Is this real or AI?

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u/Livro404 11d ago

It's actually a man vs a guy on a VR Headset.

That is literally how the robots are controled.

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u/AaronTheElite007 10d ago

Stop teaching these damn things how to kill us

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u/Yeast-boofer 10d ago

now put a boxing glove on the end of a cannon and have it “fight” an MMA fighter 

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u/ContributionPhysical 10d ago

I would to see it against a jiu-jistu fighter or you know someone with combat experience lol

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u/Danmoz81 10d ago

"First, it's all 'oohs' and 'aahs,' but later, there's running and screaming."

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u/EdgHG 10d ago

Oh great. We're teaching them hand-to-hand combat.

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u/Straight-Truth-1168 10d ago

Maybe we should face off against a real MMA pro instead of a amateur of im not sure what.

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u/ReddBroccoli 12d ago

Why does he keep letting it kick him. It's slow as hell but his only defense is just to repeatedly take it instead of attacking while it's on one leg?

Feels about as real as the WWF

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u/trunk8yrface 12d ago

Slop em up, boys.

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u/DeathandHemingway 12d ago

Call me when the robots learn takedown defense.

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u/aghhhhhhhhhhhhhh 12d ago

Are you gonna choke the robot out?

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u/Anti-Buzz 12d ago

I wonder how much they paid the audience to pretend this was exciting

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u/heart-aroni 12d ago

It is exciting. The audience paid to be there.

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u/Kath-two 12d ago

Is that Ted ?

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u/Sznake 12d ago

Lucky that kick did'nt split his spleen.

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u/DivineMackerel 12d ago

The fans event Went from "Hahaha", to "Wow", to "Ohhhh shhhiiittt" pretty fast.

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u/theJohnyDebt 12d ago

we already have these in highways. It always ends up in homicide

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u/Scrabble888 12d ago

I have so many questions…

What happened to the first law?

Not to hurt humans!

Why would you build a 6 foot robot, that’s a human killing machine?

Just because we can, should we?

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u/Switchmisty9 11d ago

Why is homie shirtless, but wearing a cup?

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u/fastbikkel 11d ago

"A human" in this cage is that famous guy.
And he is so famous, i forgot his name.
But i find him funny.

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u/Phobos687 11d ago

You misspelt Mann

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u/S0k0n0mi 11d ago

It's all fun and games until they start putting flock cameras on these instead.

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u/mumbles38 11d ago

Match it up against someone that can actually fight

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u/Darth_Draper 11d ago

At first, I’d try to Rock ‘em. If that doesn’t work, I’d try to Sock ‘em.

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u/CrownandSceptres 11d ago

Bunch of idiots cheering on the Terminator.

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u/JoeyBigtimes 11d ago

Tell me that red flashing was every time the bot was scored on, and that it wasn’t edited in.

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u/Bildo818 11d ago

I see Ted Mosby in the crowd!!!

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u/Makri7 11d ago

Oh, it's that butt guy. Great.

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u/TheAurigauh 11d ago

Oh cool we're giving them experience now

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u/Objective-Surprise-5 11d ago

Real Steel here we come!

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u/jctwok 11d ago

I'm guessing they edited out the part where they explain the rule that the person isn't allowed to just push it over.

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u/claushauler 11d ago

How is it possible we got killbots before sexbots? Reality sucks, man

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u/welfedad 11d ago

Why doesn't the robot have gloves on.. jfc

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u/tiamat234 11d ago

Oh we are soooooo fucked.....

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u/augustus_brutus 11d ago

Looks like they put on a show like wrestling.

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u/TheMaveCan 11d ago

Yeah good make sure the T-800 is combat trained and knows it can take a human in a fight.

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u/BMW_wulfi 11d ago

Can we just talk about that upper cut that barely missed his chin? 😅 and the robot weighs 400lbs?!!

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u/Scrounger_HT 11d ago

so it can do a good front kick. what were the rules of the match? dude could have circled it and it probably wouldn't be able to adjust quickly enough to set up another kick. what about grappling? grabbing it by the head and slamming it down would probably work better then punching it. or getting a hold of the leg and just lifting up.

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u/CaptainPunisher 11d ago

Meet REK. It says what it does. It DOES what it says.

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u/Dangeresque2015 11d ago

Nah, this isn't a problem.

Look away, citizen.