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Morning Edition · Monday, August 31, 2026Published at 2:23 AM EDT · New York
EngineAI's T800 Humanoid Appears on San Francisco Streets Weeks After Its US Debut in a Robot Combat League
The Shenzhen company's 1.73-meter machine is being marketed simultaneously for factory work and for televised fighting, two very different claims about what it can do.
The AI Post channel posted footage it says shows EngineAI's T800 humanoid walking through San Francisco at night. The clip is unverified and the channel gives no details about operator supervision, teleoperation or how much of the route was…
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