Humanoid Robot Boxing Is a Thing Now and Tesla’s Optimus Should Be Very Scared

There’s just something about robots that makes us really want to kick them. Like this one, this one, or all of these ones. I know that the kicking technically has a purpose, but let’s be honest, it’s not the harrowing trial of human-like locomotion and stability that makes us want to kick, it’s the uh… kicking part. Abusing robots is fun, apparently, but also very tiring. I mean, who has time to kick and punch? In this economy? Luckily, this is 2025, and now the robots can kick and punch each other. No, really, they’re going in. Humanoid robot fights have officially begun. pic.twitter.com/qy1E5wHwFq — CIX 🦾 (@cixliv) May 25, 2025 Welcome to this week’s hottest new bloodsport (greasesport?), humanoid robot kickboxing, aka the China Media Group World Robot Tournament, which is, according to the overlords of robot violence themselves, the “world’s first combat competition exclusively featuring humanoid robots.” Ding, ding, ding: In one corner, we have Unitree’s G1 robot, and in the othe ... Read full article.