Right then, folks, just another perfectly normal Tuesday in our inexorably marching robot future, as fresh footage has landed, showing what appears to be a good number of folks absolutely legging it from EngineAI’s T800 humanoid. Now, whether we’re witnessing a genuine, bona fide leap in autonomous mobility or just a rather elaborate bit of digital trickery, one thing’s for sure: Tesla’s Optimus suddenly finds itself up against a new challenger. A challenger whose bots, it seems, are rather adept at inspiring a spot of primal fear. This Chinese startup has been going full throttle, marketing its new bot with a slew of rather aggressive, combat-style moves. And this latest clip? Well, it absolutely ramps things up a notch, taking us well beyond the mundane spectacle of a bot merely folding the laundry.
