News · 9 Oct 2026 · Peer-reviewed / confirmed

ARC stages Singapore's first full-size humanoid fight night with piloted robots

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Martial artists in motion-capture suits controlled Unitree G1 and EngineAI T800 robots in a survival-mode bout on 7 October.

ARC, an organiser of robot combat events, says it held what it calls Singapore's first full-sized humanoid fight night at *SCAPE on Wednesday 7 October, in front of more than 380 people. ARC issued its release on 9 October; the figures below are the organiser's own.

Two teams, Iron Fang and Steel Shadow, each fielded a Unitree G1 (about 35 kg) and an EngineAI T800 (1.73 m, 75 kg). Every robot was driven in real time by a professional fighter, from Muay Thai, MMA, boxing and kung fu backgrounds, using a motion-capture control system supplied by Katena.

In the lightweight bout, MMA fighter Lukas Leasure, piloting a G1, put an opposing robot on the mat. ARC says it ran earlier G1 events in New York and Chicago. These are teleoperated shows, not autonomous performance.

Sources

ARC press release (PR Newswire)
Humanoids Daily (secondary)

Specs: Unitree G1 full specifications · EngineAI T800 full specifications

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