Kids brightly colored boxing robots game on multicolored table top. Image: Nicole Baird/shutterstock.com
It appears that robot boxing is not yet ready for prime time, unless it is intended to be a comedy show.
Honestly, when one robot is a preening pacifist, and the other an idiot, the boxing is more fun than if the robots took each other apart.
Previously:
• Factory robot convinces 12 other robots to go on strike
• Here's why we don't have robot butlers yet
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