I am entering the Battlebots Arena. And in just a few minutes, I'm going to be
competing in UFB5, an ultimate robot
kickboxing showdown. This place is unbelievably cool. Incredible workshop,
incredible people, and packed to the gills with famous bots, including one
from a fellow Canadian and friend of mine, the Hacksmith, who, foreshadowing,
we might run into later. They're letting people in now, and the atmosphere is
electric. Surely my squishy human form is not
going to be expected to fight robots, right? Let's go meet my bot. He's a
Unitary G1, standing at 4'3, [music] so just a little shorter than me, 77 lb
with 3° of freeman in his shoulder joints and 2° of freedom in his elbow
joints. And he's going to need it. He's got a top speed of 7 [music] kmh, but uh
he won't be using that because it turns out that running away in this fight is
actually going to be a foul. So, how do we win? Each match is three rounds, and
you [music] win a round either by knocking over your opponent or landing
the most punches in 30 seconds. Good luck, buddy. I feel like we're going to
need it just like I'm going to need this segue. Yeah. Yeah. Good [music] job to
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I am so glad I signed up for this. It's tech check day and some of the other
competitors are getting their training for how to use the motion controls over
there. [music] And this looks freaking wild. like they're punching, they're
kicking, and then they've actually got one of the little unitry robots in there
that's mirroring their motions. I was pretty worried when I thought the
controls were going to be with a controller. But now that I know that
it's like physical controls and it tracks your body,
I think maybe I could [music] do some damage. Let's go check out how the setup works.
>> Our goal is to capture your motion and transfer your motions and basically how
you feel and experience to the robot. Okay, for the first part of the training
session, they've given me my robot controller. Yes, it's a Joy-Con.
And you can see the joystick is configured to either rotate the bot or
walk him forward and back. There is a bit of a delay, but I've been assured
that if he gets out of control, this is bulletproof glass, so I'm going to be
completely safe. >> Yeah, >> probably. >> Probably. Now, I'm going to learn how to
use the camerabased motion controls to throw some punches. And apparently in
the finals, we're allowed to throw kicks. Ah,
I'm not going to make it to the finals. Almost touch your chest. >> Okay.
>> Yeah. And then you can throw high punches and then the kick, the further
back you are. And the higher the kick, the better it will work.
[music] Just reconnected to show you try again.
One of the >> Oh, he's doing stuff. >> Yo, you're doing so much stuff.
>> There he goes.
It's off. >> Oh boy. I did not mean to attack that
man. They don't know that my secret talent is to break any technology demo
that I walk near. They should never have invited me. Apparently, they're having
some intermittent Wi-Fi issues. So, what happened there was I [music] was trying
to do stuff and it was disconnected and then it reconnected and sent all the
commands. So, naturally, out of all the places that he could have gone, he
charged into the guy that was on a ladder in there. This is cool, though. I
didn't notice this before, but I actually get a POV camera of the robot's
view. I don't know how usable that's going to be in the fight because there's
probably like a solid half a second to 1 second delay on movement and about a 2
to 3 second delay on punching, but it's cool to see it. POV, you are about to be
attacked by a robot and you are a robot. Man, this kind of stuff is so much more
chill when I'm not the one who's responsible for fixing the technology. I
should do this kind of stuff way more often and do our own stuff way less
often. Oh yeah. Oh, we got the kicks working, boys. Boom.
Come on. Combo. Yeah. And kick. Let's
go. Boom. All right. I think I got the hang of it. How do I turn him off? I
don't want him to attack that guy. You good? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Okay. I got some ideas. I got some
[music] ideas. No. No. We got to go find somewhere private. Okay. Hey, check
this. No, no, you too. Not going to lie, the controls are a little bit delayed
and the robot's balance a little sketch, especially while you're punching. So,
here's what I'm thinking. I become [music] the grappler.
I just move toward my opponent, which gives me forward weight balance, let
them hit me, and then when they go off balance, I just plow into them.
Yeah. truly inspired by some of the least exciting but most effective
Battlebots matches I [music] ever watched. See, why do the work when your
opponent can do the work for you? By the way, how cool is it that we get to be
here for this?
Wish I'd thought to wear a costume.
>> Beautiful. >> He seems serious. I hope he's not in my bracket.
>> It's almost time for the first fight. And I got to say, the production here is
amazing. The Battlebots crew is incredible. They gave me a piece of a
battlebot. How cool is that? They showed me their high-powered Nerf blasters and
stuff. I've been having so much fun. I haven't actually read the rule yet.
There's a lot more to this than I expected. That's fine. I got lots of
time. I think I don't fight till the fourth match. Oh, hey. Hey, look. It's a
bunch of LMG people. >> I'm so excited for this. >> It's going to be a challenge.
>> Landing a hit is going to be hard. Yeah. >> To our pilots.
>> At least it's equal playing ground on both sides. Let's hope
>> the opening play is done and it's time for the first match.
[screaming] >> THE GLOVES ARE COMING OFF.
>> THE GLOVES ARE COMING OFF. [screaming]
>> Get him. >> Sweep away.
>> It seems like our pilots are learning. They're improving.
>> Come on, PUNCH HIM. OH, RIGHT. THAT'S THE END OF the round.
>> Finus versus conflict. >> Who will it be entering into the
semifinals? >> One red.
>> Okay. Okay. Okay. Great contract there for Lionus.
>> One for five. >> Final red is final 10.
>> Here we go. >> Two. One for red. >> One zero. That's a round. You see how I
did? If I can game on GeForce now, I can do this. >> 12 to eight. The blue corner.
>> Lionus is victorious. >> I'm Linus. Tech tips. That's tech in
there. This is my arena. Let's go.
>> I've never been more proud of you in my entire life. >> Oh, wow. Okay. [laughter] That's either
a nice thing to say or super bad. >> My expectations were here and you got
here. [laughter] Okay. Yeah. >> Not bad though.
>> I felt like that was a pretty dominant performance. >> And you came back from behind. You got
disqualified in the first round. I mean, that second round he said it was scored
12-2, but he he gave Red a lot more than
two points. >> I think so. >> So, I think there's something a little wonky going on.
>> I mean, listen, this isn't serious competition. Nobody's betting money on
this. >> Uh, I did. My house is riding on this.
[laughter]
NO WAY. NO WAY. Crazy match. Upset loss.
Hacksmith is out. By the way, we'll have my full fights over at LMG.gg/flowplane.
>> Canada's honor. >> What happened? >> I don't know. >> They gave me the broken body.
>> Oh, is that [cheering] me?
[music] >> Do you think that you're going to have as easy of a time with this fight
against Lionus? >> We'll see. He's pretty confident, but uh
I don't see a belt on him. >> Wait, it's not even black.
>> Uh-oh. Uh-oh. >> Uh-oh. Uh-oh. >> Uh-oh. You questioned Master Ken.
>> It used to be black, but now it's covered in blood.
>> Oh, >> this is tech and I'm about to give him
my tips.
>> [screaming] >> Yeah, LET'S GO.
>> COME ON. KICK.
>> Let's go. [screaming]
[groaning] >> 74 for Red.
[cheering] >> Going to the finals. Going to the
finals. Let's go, guys. LET'S GO. LET'S
GO. LET'S GO. [screaming]
LET'S GO. >> FIGHT. >> OKAY.
>> Here we go. >> We're Let's keep up with the momentum
from last match.
>> Oh, five. FOUR. [screaming]
LET'S GO. >> OH, LET'S GO. LET'S GO. THAT'S TWO.
>> EIGHT.
>> [screaming] >> Lionus is our winner. [cheering]
>> Congratulations, Lionus. >> Congratulations
for being a champion of UVI. How does it feel? >> Feels great. It's uh it's it's mastery
of the latency. That's the secret.
>> CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. >> You freaking won.
>> Was pretty cute. >> Oh, that's actually pretty cool. Yeah, >> you bought them and it's Oh,
>> cool, right? >> Yeah, that's sweet. >> Apparently, we broke a robot spine. And
by we, we mean me. So, which one was I? I had the red gloves, right? So,
>> dude, this is this is crazy. So, my buddy had his head completely turned
around, which made him really hard to orient. But you know what? Good job,
man. You got me through. Uh, yeah. Careful. Okay, so what happened with
this guy anyway? >> So, this part has snapped. Oh yeah. Oh
wow. So what was probably the fall that got it then? Right.
>> Well, I think it got slippery. >> I was trying to get up. It was slipped
over. >> So that was part of my strategy is I was actually not going for the octagon.
>> I was trying to go for the transition between the grippy floor and the hard
floor. >> We all know that the right man won.
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this video, man, we usually try to throw to another similar video, but I don't
think we've ever quite done Oh, actually, yes. Go watch that video that
nobody watched. >> Yeah. Back back in what, seven years ago? >> Yeah. Where Conflicts and I fought with
Super Anthony robots >> back in the day. >> Yeah. It was
>> It was not this good. >> And 20 years from now, we'll be fighting again, right?
>> Yeah. This time with giant mechs. Actually, the robots will be fighting us.