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Lance Ulanoff

Now we've got robots that can chase and kick us — is this the robot revolution we signed up for?

EngineAI T800.

A robot may not injure a human being, at least according to the late science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It's a rule that the EngineAI T800 robot may have missed, as evidenced by the "combat robot" forcefully kicking its company's CEO in a now-viral video.

This is apparently the season of running, punching, and kicking down the doors of humanoid robots, a period that closely follows the time of a safe embrace from a variety of fabric-covered humanoids.

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