惯性聚合 高效追踪和阅读你感兴趣的博客、新闻、科技资讯
阅读原文 在惯性聚合中打开

推荐订阅源

Engineering at Meta
Engineering at Meta
J
Java Code Geeks
I
InfoQ
腾讯CDC
Vercel News
Vercel News
IT之家
IT之家
V
Visual Studio Blog
P
Proofpoint News Feed
freeCodeCamp Programming Tutorials: Python, JavaScript, Git & More
G
Google Developers Blog
Cyber Security Advisories - MS-ISAC
Cyber Security Advisories - MS-ISAC
博客园 - 叶小钗
有赞技术团队
有赞技术团队
月光博客
月光博客
Martin Fowler
Martin Fowler
量子位
L
LangChain Blog
B
Blog
Last Week in AI
Last Week in AI
博客园 - 司徒正美
Microsoft Security Blog
Microsoft Security Blog
博客园 - 聂微东
Microsoft Azure Blog
Microsoft Azure Blog
A
About on SuperTechFans

Futurism

These Robot Soldiers Are Getting Downright Terrifying Dozens of Humanoid Robots Gather for a Protest, Marching and Waving Signs Bizarre Glitch Causes Delivery Robots to Swarm Busy City Sidewalk Surveillance-Happy Police In Shambles After Trump Tariffs Makes Drones Absurdly Expensive Humanoid Robot Fights Back After Getting Shoved As If There Was Any Question About Data Centers Being Weak Job Creators, Meta Is Now Deploying Robots to Maintain Them Chinese Companies Are Unleashing AI-Powered Robo-Chefs Amazon Delivery Drone Drops Package Directly Into Customer's Swimming Pool This Has to Be the Most Amazing Robot Death We’ve Ever Seen Flock Is Quietly Selling Powerful Drones That Scan License Plates From the Sky Chinese Startup Shows Off Robot Horse You Can Actually Ride Unitree's New Robot Can Sprint Faster Than Usain Bolt, Though the Way It Moves May Give You Nightmares About Demons Department of Homeland Security Seeking Humanoid Robots to Patrol Southern Border Volunteers Tracking Lost Dog Baffled When Locals Trash Thermal Imaging Drone Robot Dogs Suddenly Taking Jobs From Human Security Guards Schools Deploying Pepper Spray Drones to Attack Mass Shooters Sex Doll Company Strikes Bizarre Deal to Put Its Robot in High School Classrooms Startup Sued After Delivery Bot Clobbers 73-Year Old Woman We're Admittedly Terrified That They've Now Invented Invisible Drones Striking Workers Bring Car Factory to a Screeching Halt Over Humanoid Robots Startup Upset After Journalist Points Out How Creepy Its Humanoid Robots's Hands Are Wild Video Shows Quadcopter Drone Plucking Man From Raging Floodwaters, Whisking Him to Safety Sheriff Unveils Humanoid Robot for Hostage Negotiation Purposes, Which Definitely Won't End in Disaster Major Union Livid After 1,000 Factory Workers Were Replaced With 50 Robots Factories Attach Cameras to Workers, in Hopes of Replacing Them With Robots Company Pulls Delivery Robots From All College Campuses Korean Workers Vote to Go On Strike, Fearing Robots Could Replace Them Robot Seen on Street Begging for Change DoorDash Delivery Robot Invades SWAT Scene, Won't Leave as Cops Flashbang Resident Failing Robot Cop Company Knightscope Now Publishing Bizarre AI Slop Fan Fiction About Its Robots Solving Absurd Crimes
Brutal Humanoid Robot Cage Match Stops Abruptly When One ...
Frank Landymore · 2026-07-18 · via Futurism

A screenshot of two robots fighting in a ring, with one of the robots' head detaching from its body.

Screenshot via Reddit

Sign up to see the future, today

Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech

You might wince at the professional spectacle of two humans beating each other to a pulp. But when it’s two robots? We want maximum carnage.

Thankfully, the inaugural Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend (URKL) competition in Shenzhen, China, has delivered on providing the most brutal-but-bloodless spectacle you can lay eyes on.

In a video of a cage match between two mechanical humanoids, one of the clanker combatants literally knocks its opponent’s block off by delivering a flying kick to the face.

The robot continues to fight with its head dangling from between its shoulders and throws a few punches, but not for long.

After being knocked to the ground again, it flails uncontrollably while trying to get to its feet. The violent jerking severs the cable connecting the hanging head, and the robot collapses onto the ground. The other robot, victorious, dances over its unmoving body.

According to the state-run tabloid Global Times, the URKL competition featured 32 teams from around the world who all used the T800 humanoid robot from EngineAI, a Chinese robotics company.

The point of the competition, according to EngineAI CEO Zhao Tongyang, was twofold: create a global commercial robot fighting brand and promote research and industrialization.

“Let the event feed back into technology, and let technology drive the industry,” Tongyang told Global Times.

You can’t accuse Tongyang of not putting his money where his mouth is. In a video that went viral last December, he donned a suit of armor and let himself take blows from one of his T800 robots. One kick was so powerful that it slammed him to the ground.

It’s hard to tell how much of a splash the event made in the country, but it must’ve been a wild spectacle to witness in person. Legendary martial arts movie star and filmmaker Donnie Yen was in attendance and sounded blown away by what he saw.

“Honestly, I used to see robot fighting only in science fiction movies,” Yen said at the event’s opening, per Global Times. “But today, for the first time, I got to watch real robots fighting up close.”

“The weight of the machines, the precision of their movements — it was incredible,” he added.

Martial arts is one of Chinese robot companies’ favorite ways to show off their capabilities. China stunned the world earlier this year with a televised martial arts display performed by a group of Unitree G1 robots that shared the stage with human actors.

More on robots: Startup Upset After Journalist Points Out How Creepy Its Humanoid Robots’ Hands Are