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You Can Now Buy a $1,600 Japanese Fighting Robot on Amazon

His name is Zeus and he vows to protect you

By Tanner Garrity @tannergarrity
July 18, 2018 9:00 am EDT

We’ve made our position on life-sized robots abundantly clear: please stop making these backflipping death machines.

But those conditions don’t necessarily apply to tiny robots. After all, who wouldn’t want to take home Pilot Labs’ Moorebot Zeus Battle Robot?

A Japanese-made, 21st-century heir to Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em, Zeus is a 14-inch, $1,600 toy that looks like a robo-Ivan Drago and dodges like Ali.

First seen at CES earlier this year, Zeus might be small, but it’s able to pack quite a wallop, with a reported 25-kg punch strength. For an additional $100, the robot will arrive pre-assembled, and all models come with a wireless controller and charger (Zeus can fight for about 50 minutes on one charge).

Despite the steep price tag, we can’t help but feel smitten with the little trooper. Convince a friend to buy one and invite the guys over for a fight night. Prop bets encouraged.

Best of all? It’s now on Amazon. Pick up your Zeus here.

Nota bene: If you buy through the links in this article, InsideHook may earn a small share of the profit.

Main image via TechCrunch

Tanner Garrity

Tanner Garrity

Tanner Garrity is a senior editor at InsideHook, where he’s covered wellness, travel, sports and pop culture since 2017. Beyond the newsroom, he can usually be found running, skating, reading, writing fiction or playing tennis. He lives in Brooklyn.
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