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Watch a humanoid fighting robot take a direct jump kick to the chest and not fall down

One of the ways to illustrate how good a robot can be is to have it engage in fighting. Fighting requires the robot to ...
Smithsonian Magazine

World’s First ‘Robot Olympics’ Featured Soccer, Kickboxing and Lots of Falling Down

More than 500 humanoid robots and thousands of spectators traveled to Beijing over the weekend for a sporting event straight out of a science fiction film: the first-of-its-kind World Humanoid Robot ...
Mashable

Tesla Optimus robot falls over, goes viral

Watch Tesla's Optimus robot fall over while removing a phantom headset. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images A bizarre video of one of Tesla's Optimus robots appearing to malfunction and ...
The New York Times

The Athletes at China’s Robot Games Fell Down a Lot

The Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing — featuring running, kickboxing and soccer — highlighted advancements in robotics. Limitations, too. By Yan Zhuang There’s a very real concern that robots could ...
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Tesla Optimus robot falls over and goes viral

The latest public demo of Tesla’s humanoid robot was supposed to showcase a confident stride into the future of automation.