Could the future of boxing be robots? The new movie "Real Steel" thinks so, showing massive bots duking it out. To find out where the sport may really be headed, we talked to Discovery News blogger and boxing reporter Kieran Mulvaney.
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Tech: Real Steel: Are Robots the Future of Boxing?
Could the future of boxing be robots? The new movie "Real Steel" thinks so, showing massive bots duking it out. To find out where the sport may really be headed, we talked to Discovery News blogger and boxing reporter Kieran Mulvaney.
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