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    Giant boxing robots reality show unveiled by Syfy



    Ready for the next generation of robot combat? Syfy has greenlit and shot the first season of a new show where eight-foot-tall state-of-the-art humanoid robots will rock ‘em and sock ‘em in a boxing cage until one is defeated.
    The future-shock new series is called Robot Combat League and the project has been kept under wraps until today. The action resembles a real-life version of last year’s hit movie Real Steel, with large menacing robots pounding away at each other in a satisfying shower of sparks and gushing hydraulic fluid. And just like in the film, the ‘bots will be controlled by shadow-boxing operators whose movements are translated into metal-on-metal punches. WWE wrestler, author and Dancing With the Stars veteran Chris Jericho will host.
    Though Real Steal is the most obvious recent reference, Robot Combat League has cable network forebears like BBC’s Robot Wars (1998) and Comedy Central’s Battle Bots (2000).But older shows featured small, squat robots rolling across the ground and attacking each other, like evil Roombas. “It has always been our desire — and it’s really come around perennially — to update and do Battle Bots for the new century,” says Syfy president Mark Stern. “Can we do Real Steel? Are we at a place where you can do real bipedal robots? Every time we tried to to do it, [the project] was stymied by the technology.”


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    It is either going to be SUPER UBER AWESOME, or as weak as our tea lady’s coffee. I'm hoping for the former

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    Wow, looks like real steel could come true.
    One step closer to Death Race, scary.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MalicE View Post
    Full story HERE!

    It is either going to be SUPER UBER AWESOME, or as weak as our tea lady’s coffee. I'm hoping for the former [/FONT]
    Agreed. Either awesome or a complete let-down. I will watch the shit out of this...I miss Robot Wars so much...ahhhh 90's TV...where did you go?
    That's what she said.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheAvenged87 View Post
    Agreed. Either awesome or a complete let-down. I will watch the shit out of this...I miss Robot Wars so much...ahhhh 90's TV...where did you go?
    aaaah, the good old days

    But I see the bots are held up with bars attached to their backs, which makes me a bit skeptic...

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    Quote Originally Posted by MalicE View Post
    aaaah, the good old days

    But I see the bots are held up with bars attached to their backs, which makes me a bit skeptic...
    Yeah those bars might dampen the experience a bit. Let's wait and see.
    That's what she said.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheAvenged87 View Post
    Agreed. Either awesome or a complete let-down. I will watch the shit out of this...I miss Robot Wars so much...ahhhh 90's TV...where did you go?
    Even though I was like 6 I remember the robot Amanda owning everyone. Man I loved that show!
    He's got more than just mad skill,
    He's got a beaver tail and bill


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    Quote Originally Posted by Weeman360 View Post
    Even though I was like 6 I remember the robot Amanda owning everyone. Man I loved that show!
    Hell yeah. I think Grant Imahara from Mythbusters also had a run in that show with his robot.
    That's what she said.

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