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TRENDING NOW: Japanese sumo robot fighting

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June 25, 2017 - 5:00 AM

A new sport is emerging in Japan, and the footage from the first matches are just going up online.

It's robot sumo wrestling, and the hyper little machines are almost hypnotic to watch.

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