Super Anthony is a nimble, combat-ready, programmable battle robot with a penchant for punching

Here at Stuff, we’re mostly faced with robots at the adorable end of the spectrum, like Cozmo and Sphero Mini. Super Anthony (from $1299) is different, because he wants to punch other robots’ collective diodes out. The dinky scrapper is described as an “agile beetleweight fighter”, due to his state-of-the-art 15-axis structure, full freedom of mobility, and wide range of fighty moves you can expand via the magic of programming. (Uppercut! Sidekick! Forward roll! Nodon’tfalloffthedesk!) Presumably, the aim is to pitch him against other fighting robots, although at over a grand you might instead choose to simply keep Super Anthony in shape, ready for the day the Decepticons invade. At just 38cm high, they’ll never see him coming.

Craig Grannell Contributor

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I’m a regular contributor to Stuff magazine and Stuff.tv, covering apps, games, Apple kit, Android, Lego, retro gaming and other interesting oddities. I also pen opinion pieces when the editor lets me, getting all serious about accessibility and predicting when sentient AI smart cookware will take over the world, in a terrifying mix of Bake Off and Terminator.

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Mobile apps and games, Macs, iOS and tvOS devices, Android, retro games, crowdfunding, design, how to fight off an enraged smart saucepan with a massive stick.