Giant sword-wielding robot takes on modern-day samurai: Who wins?

Earlier today we brought you robots falling over and generally failing at non-life, so to balance things out here's a truly badass robot... with a sword.

Isao Machii may arguably be the world's greatest living swordsman and a true master of the ancient discipline of iaijutsu, but how does he fare in a contest with a giant robotic arm named Motoman?

Motoman, by the way, can do this:

Gulp...

Watch the video below:

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