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During the opening night of the URKL humanoid robot combat tournament in Shenzhen, an EngineAI T800 robot named 'Matador' had its head knocked off by opponent 'White Eagle' and was knocked out of the fight.

Property damageotherhumanoidEngineAI
Date of incident
2026-07-17
Location
Shenzhen, China
Model
T800
Sources
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  1. 2026-07-17Report

    During the opening night of the URKL humanoid robot combat tournament in Shenzhen, an EngineAI T800 robot named 'Matador' had its head knocked off by opponent 'White Eagle' and was knocked out of the fight.

    newsweek.com
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