After decades of being tortured, shoved, kicked, burned, and bludgeoned, robots are finally getting their chance to fight back. Sort of.

Humanoid robots have proven to be capable of many things recently. The scientists making them claim this is a good thing as these robots will "help" us do

Humanoid robots traded powerful punches in the boxing ring as part of the China Media Group World Robot Competition. Four human operator teams controlled the robots in competitive bouts, pitting them against each other in the ring.