Robot boxing

Sometimes the headline says it all. Jet-propelled attack heads, victory dances, penguin body armour…

Just watch the video

The Robo-One competition seems to have both autonomous and remote-controlled robots, the latter of which seems a bit of a cheat to us.

Robot competition has a fine history: check out Nature archive stories about previous comps (subscription needed):

Robolympics contestants shoot for gold

Germany thrashes Japan in RoboCup

Robot car scoops US$2-million prize

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