Video: Robo-One-style greatest "hits" compilation makes us wince continuously

It's been just about six months now since we've seen a solid video of two incredibly sophisticated robots beating the ever-living daylights out of one another, and quite frankly, that's about 5.5 months too long. The unashamed fanatics of unbridled robot violence at Impress have assembled a killer compilation video showing some of the greatest slams, smashes, hits and fan chops from the Japanese robo fighting circuit, and it's waiting for your attention in the read link below. Warning: copious amounts of blood, PCB, gears and actuators are seen flying in all directions.

[Arkenklo @ Dec 22nd 2008 9:19AM]

I lol'd.

[Nelson @ Dec 22nd 2008 9:23AM]

I know it's just a saying, but when did robots get ever LIVING daylights?

Did I miss a memo?

If so, then I for one welco

[BobFromVegas @ Dec 22nd 2008 9:24AM]

I can't wait until the military makes giant ones with laser cannons and missiles.

[)law( @ Dec 22nd 2008 9:38AM]

When they take over they will see these videos and makes us humans fight to the death in all sorts of enviorments and have stables for us like sumo wrestlers. However there will little to no rice to be thrown just gore

[schmitty338 @ Dec 22nd 2008 10:10AM]

Every time I watch those videos, hilarity ensues.

[mcgrewventures @ Dec 22nd 2008 10:36AM]

There goes two minutes I'll never get back...

[helrunner7 @ Dec 22nd 2008 10:37AM]

I don't know the specifics, and obviously these are remote controlled, but why is honda having issues with asimo walking and such when these things pretty much dance around, is the size the huge difference here?

[Ben Goertzel @ Dec 22nd 2008 11:52AM]

Yes, making a larger bot walk appears to be a dramatically harder problem ... which isn't obvious till you do the math or try it yourself...

[Grey Acumen @ Dec 22nd 2008 7:57PM]

There are a couple different things.

First off, have you seen how huge the feet are on these things? If you made it human size, these things would have feet the size of manhole covers.
Even with that, did you notice how often the things fell over? It's not that big of an issue when you're 6 ounces, totally different story when you're 100 lbs.

[firerock @ Dec 22nd 2008 10:38AM]

Human race is doomed...I have seen the future!

[Keith @ Dec 22nd 2008 12:08PM]

Are those really robots? They're more like radio-controlled cars...

[Carlosgo22 @ Dec 22nd 2008 12:08PM]

This is hillarious. Most of the robots fall on their own. I think it's not really the robots' fault, but the operators behind the control. There are some pretty impressive moving robots. Pity the operators have probably never played with a gaming console in their life.

[bangladeshiluv @ Dec 22nd 2008 1:06PM]

my money is on the black one.

[Ryker Abel @ Dec 22nd 2008 3:06PM]

http://robot.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/news/2008/12/12/1500.html

[Alex @ Dec 26th 2008 7:11PM]

great, I can either watch 15 minutes of boring stuff to get to the best parts, or I can just watch the link posted by engadget