Singapore's first giant robot fight flopped because teleop policies weren't built for combat, researcher argues
carlosdponx · x · 2026-10-09
After Singapore hosted the first-ever fight between 6-ft-tall robots, Carlos Ponx argues the takeaway isn't "teleop for fighting is bad." The failure came from naively applying policies like SONIC that were built for data collection—smooth, slow actions—not combat. Faster actions are achievable, he says, but take real work.
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