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Robot 'Decapitated' in World's First-Ever Humanoid UFC Fight

calendar_today July 19, 2026 person EditorDavid domain slashdot

“A humanoid robot lost its head,” reports Newsweek, “during the world’s first free-combat tournament for full-sized humanoid robots.” The Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend competition began Thursday in Shenzhen, China, according to the article, with local robotics company EngineAI providing $40,000 of their “T800” robots (yes, named after The Terminator) to 32 participating teams from around the world: A video shared of the combat on YouTube by local news outlet Shenzhen Story, showed that even after one of the robots had its head practically knocked off its shoulders, it continued to fight, thr

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