California is trying to shut down robot vs. human cage matches

加利福尼亚州正试图叫停机器人与人类的笼中格斗比赛。

The state says Rek, the ‘humanoid robot fighting league,’ can’t host fights involving ‘any human’ in California without permission.

该州表示，“人形机器人格斗联盟”Rek在未经许可的情况下，不得在加利福尼亚州举办任何涉及“人类”的格斗比赛。

The California State Athletic Commission sent a cease-and-desist letter to a startup that hosted a match between a human and a robot last month, as reported by The New York Times.

据《纽约时报》报道，加利福尼亚州体育委员会向一家初创公司发送了一封停止侵权函，该公司上个月举办了一场人类与机器人之间的比赛。

The fight, which took place on September 18th, pitted a human, Frankie LaPenna, against a humanoid robot owned by a tech startup, Rek, that was being piloted by a human using what the NYT described as a “remote virtual-reality system.”

这场于9月18日举行的比赛，由人类选手弗兰基·拉彭纳（Frankie LaPenna）对阵一家名为Rek的科技初创公司拥有的人形机器人，该机器人由一名人类通过《纽约时报》所描述的“远程虚拟现实系统”进行操控。

Rek says it is the “the humanoid robot fighting league” on its website, and the robot appears to be one from EngineAI but with a Terminator-like head swapped on top.

Rek在其网站上自称为“人形机器人格斗联盟”，该机器人看起来像是来自EngineAI的产品，但被换上了一个类似《终结者》的头部。

The CEO of Rek, Cix Liv, posted the letter to X on September 30th, which called the fight “unsanctioned” and demanded that Liv and REK stop “holding, promoting or advertising any boxing or mixed martial arts contest match, or exhibition, involving any human” in California without the approval of the California State Athletic Commission.

Rek的首席执行官Cix Liv于9月30日在X平台上发布了这封信，信中称该比赛为“未经批准”，并要求Liv和REK在未经加利福尼亚州体育委员会批准的情况下，停止在加利福尼亚州“举办、推广或宣传任何涉及人类的拳击或综合格斗比赛或表演”。

Rek’s next planned match, which takes place on Friday, will feature two robots with weapons fighting each other.

Rek计划于周五举行的下一场比赛，将由两个携带武器的机器人进行对战。