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Now this is Iron Man.

A new video shows “Ian,” a 330-pound, 6-foot-2-inch-tall, karate-kicking robot created by Google-owned Boston Dynamics.

The hydraulic-powered Atlas model — built from aluminum, steel and titanium — demonstrates its impressive (at least, for a robot) agility and balance.

In the video, the robot is perched on a stack of cement blocks where it recreates the famous “crane stance” from the classic teen flick “The Karate Kid.”

Ian can also carry a fire hose and drive a car, thanks to software written by the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Interaction, according to The Daily Mail.

Google, in its ongoing mission to push the technology envelope, has acquired several smaller firms that specialize in robotics, including Boston Dynamics.

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