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Real Steel is a 2011 American science fiction sports film starring Hugh Jackman and Dakota Goyo and co-produced and directed by Shawn Levy for DreamWorks Pictures.The film is based on the short story "Steel", written by Richard Matheson, which was originally published in the May 1956 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and later adapted into a 1963 Twilight Zone episode.
The first album, Real Steel – Music from the Motion Picture, was released on October 4, 2011 by Interscope Records. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It consists of 13 tracks featuring artists including Foo Fighters , Tom Morello , Eminem , Royce da 5'9" ( Bad Meets Evil ), The Crystal Method , Yelawolf , 50 Cent and Limp Bizkit . [ 3 ]
In the near-future year of 1974, boxing between human fighters has been abolished and the sport is dominated by fighting robots. Former boxer Timothy "Steel" Kelly manages a robot called "Battling Maxo", an older model that is no longer in demand. Kelly and his partner, Pole, have used the last of their money to get to the fight venue.
Like the novel, the movie opens with a storm that leaves a robot stranded on an island inhabited by animals. Rozzum 7143, or Roz for short, is accidentally activated by a group of curious otters.
AMC Filmsite – Robots in Film – A Complete Illustrated History of Robots in the Movies; Robots in Movies – over 600 movies with robots, androids, cyborgs and AI; Robots on TV – over 300 TV series with robots, androids, cyborgs and AI; Robot Hall of Fame at CMU – with fictional inductees HAL-9000 and R2-D2; Round-up of fictional TV and ...
BattleBots is an American robot combat television series and company. The show is an adaptation of the American Robot Wars competitions hosted in the mid–late 1990s by Marc Thorpe, in which competitors design and operate remote-controlled armed and armored machines designed to fight in an arena combat elimination tournament.
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Blendo is a combat robot designed and built by Jamie Hyneman. Adam Savage handled the electronics and control systems. [1] Blendo pioneered the full-body kinetic energy spinner weapon, which later became common in BattleBots. The robot featured a shell constructed from a wok and was powered by a 5hp lawnmower engine.