Last Friday night in San Francisco, the REK team collaborated with influencer Frankie Lapenna in front of a live 100-person audience, for the world's first human vs robot fight.
This event was not choreographed or faked in any way. Frankie signed the safety waiver, and we made sure to give him hell.
Frankie has suffered a broken hand, and the Terminator suffered a broken jaw, lost an eye, and took surface damage.
This is striking moment in history where the power and resilience of robotic technology has been put up against the fragility of human flesh and bone.
The full event included 3 matches, with footage from the remaining 2 to be released soon.
The T-800 model robot boasts 600+ lbs of kicking force and was piloted by robotics engineer Nick Dobrikov, who also created the Terminator head adaptation, which needed repair in between matches, after the Terminator was knocked back onto it's head and broke it off!
Attendees claim that this was "the most cyberpunk event" they have ever seen.
The underground fight club scene in San Francisco is strong, and REK is not stopping!
Just imagine what this is going to look like in 1 year!
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We just made history with the first Human VS Terminator robot fight. Frankie LaPenna gave it his all 🥊 More fight footage coming soon!
That's wild. We are actually living in the future we imagined as kids.
Ok, no flying cars, but self driving cars, autonomous intelligent agents, and fucking terminator robots.
Ya shoulda seen the other guy doncha know