"I'm so sorry."
Breaking Away
A video making the rounds on social media shows a humanoid robot flailing its arms and legs, seemingly trying to break free of a harness.
The clip shows the robot causing the crane it's hanging from to collapse to the ground as a nearby human watches in shock, putting his hands on his head as he surveys the damage.
"Oh my god, what the f*ck was that?" a female voice, presumably belonging to robot combat company REK CTO Amanda Watson, can be heard saying in the background. "I'm so sorry."
"What the f*ck did you guys run?" Cix Liv, San Francisco-based VR developer and REK's self-proclaimed "chief robot fighter," replied incredulously.
It's unclear whether the clip was part of a PR stunt. But it makes for an entertaining watch either way, highlighting growing interest in a new form of entertainment: watching humanoid robots duke it out in the ring — a 21st-century twist on kickboxing we can certainly get behind, especially if it leads to less of the head trauma that plagues human fighting athletes.
Still, money is clearly top of mind for the crew at REK.
"Please make this go viral so I can pay for repairs," Liv pleaded in a tweet. "Our humanoid robot boy DeREK completely lost his mind."
please make this go viral so I can pay for repairs our humanoid robot boy DeREK completely lost his mind @REKrobot pic.twitter.com/KhURTL3n2w — CIX 🦾 (@cixliv) July 19, 2025
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