Combats en cage entre humains et robots : la Californie aurait ordonné aux organisateurs d'arrêter

In mid-September, a young company, Robot Entertainment Kombat, staged in California what it describes as the very first cage fight between a human and a robot.

The show was closer to wrestling than a real fight, according to Futurism: backstage, a human operator controlled the robot, and the human opponent overacted the blows he received.

The California State Athletic Commission then reportedly sent the organisers a cease-and-desist letter aimed at anyone who organises, promotes or sponsors unauthorised cage fights between humans and humanoid robots.

According to the letter, which the company's founder published himself, the organisers must immediately stop organising and promoting these fights, on pain of prosecution for a misdemeanour.

In its letter, the commission does not appear to object to fights against a robot as such, but to the fact that the organisers did not obtain the required permits.