Real Madrid’s free-kick wall robots are terrifying, possibly sentient

They can jump when the ball is kicked, but can they also think and feel?

The future of soccer has arrived, and it’s terrifying.

Real Madrid posted a video on Twitter of its players practicing free kicks against faceless robotic mannequins who appear to have acquired sentience.

The humanoids were assembled for the ostensible purpose of replicating a wall of real human beings, programmed to jump when the ball is kicked and, perhaps, to think and feel and love as well.

Madrid’s players don’t seem intimidated by their robot counterparts, as Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Eder Militao, and Dani Ceballos all hit perfect free kicks that clear their cyborg opponents and find the back of the net.

But Madrid would be wise to not upset the robots too much. We’ve all seen “The Terminator.”

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