Trainers controlled their robots remotely with joysticks.
soo not autonomous? just more expensive battlebots… yawn.
Pretty sure it’s at least semi-autonomous. In the video you can see the bots react to hits and recover their footing, there’s no way a human can control all those reflex actions in real time.
Battlebots is awesome. A more expensive battle bots would be awesome.
Ok. I know. Apocalypse and dystopia. But c’mon. We have gladiator robots. That’s cool
Yeah, give terminators Neo like abilities
It’s not like we stood a chance anyways. Just strap a gun to those Boston Dynamics dogs and we’re all doomed.
Obligatory link to slaughterbots
Shudders* Yeah, humanoid robots that can do advanced human style fighting pale in comparison.
You can get them with a flamethrower… https://throwflame.com/products/thermonator-robodog/
Can we get robots vs wrestlers like in HIMYM? At least one dream not tainted by the future.
Not the world’s first as this fine lump of shit already exists…
Oh my god…How I Met Your Mother was right!!! This is absolutely going to lead to “Wrestlers vs Robots”!!!
This is what we’re using our resources on? What a waste
Battlebots, the new vision.