Forbes May 31, 2025
52% of U.S. workers are worried about robots replacing them on the jobsite, according to a recent Pew Research finding. Now we might have to add UFC fighters to those numbers, since China’s Unitree Robotics staged the world’s first-ever humanoid robot kickboxing match.
The robots, honestly, aren’t yet amazing at punching and kicking each other, and sometimes fall off-balance while attacking or defending themselves. But, like the humanoid robotic half-marathon held in Beijing in mid-April, it’s a start.
And with the pace of innovation in humanoid robot development, it’s going to get much better.
The kickboxing match featured four Unitree G1 robots, which are relatively small for humanoid robots at just over four feet tall and under 80 pounds in...
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