California is trying to shut down robot vs. human cage matches

The California State Athletic Commission sent a cease‑and‑desist letter to a startup after a match between a human and a robot was held on September 18. The fight featured a human fighter and a humanoid robot operated remotely through a virtual‑reality system. The commission’s action follows the event, which was organized by the tech startup.

The California State Athletic Commission sent a cease-and-desist letter to a startup that hosted a match between a human and a robot last month, as reported by The New York Times. The fight, which took place on September 18th, pitted a human, Frankie LaPenna, against a humanoid robot owned by a tech startup, Rek, that was being piloted by a human using what the NYT described as a "remote virtual-reality system. " Rek says it is the "the humanoid robot fighting league" on its website, and the robot appears to be one from EngineAI but with a Terminator-like head swapped on top. You can watch a replay of the fight on YouTube: The CEO of Rek … Read the full story at The Verge.

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