In today’s edition of “Robots with far more impressive hobbies than yours,” Chinese startup Magic Lab has unleashed its MagicBot X1 humanoid to perform a thunderous, flying slam dunk. While the rest of the humanoid pack remains bogged down in the domestic drudgery of folding laundry at a glacial pace, Magic Lab is evidently gunning for a spot in the NBA draft, showcasing a level of explosive power and dynamic poise that borders on the intimidating. The phrase “aesthetic of violence” has rarely felt more apt for a piece of precision engineering.
