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Tactical Peek

(1,377 posts)
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 03:21 PM 9 hrs ago

Russia's AI robot falls seconds after being unveiled

Source: BBC

Footage shows the moment Russia's first anthropomorphic robot, AIdol, fell just seconds after its debut at a technology event in Moscow.

The robot was being led on stage to the soundtrack from the film 'Rocky', before it suddenly lost its balance and fell. Assistants could then be seen scrambling to cover it with a cloth - which ended up tangling in the process.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/crre8g5e45jo



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Russia's AI robot falls seconds after being unveiled (Original Post) Tactical Peek 9 hrs ago OP
Vowing not to be upstaged, Mr trump announces his next failure will be even more spectular Torchlight 9 hrs ago #1
Keep 'em coming torchlight! GreenWave 8 hrs ago #10
I was just going to ask if they modeled it BlueKota 6 hrs ago #18
Too much vodka. johnp3907 9 hrs ago #2
At least we know it wasn't a guy in a robot costume FakeNoose 9 hrs ago #3
How much does it cost to make a robot that just lays on the floor? twodogsbarking 9 hrs ago #4
Possible Obstacle? BlueKota 6 hrs ago #19
They named it Trump. Can't go up an escalator or stairs. twodogsbarking 6 hrs ago #21
🤣 BlueKota 5 hrs ago #22
Wow, those were just kids trying to manage all that. ananda 9 hrs ago #5
Pay no attention to that robot behind the curtain... Talitha 9 hrs ago #6
Hope the robot stays away from any high rise windows. ForgoTheConsequence 9 hrs ago #7
I see the russians are still living up to the same low standards as usual. Angleae 9 hrs ago #8
The robot was obviously "provoking" Poots. That cannot be tolerated. Buns_of_Fire 9 hrs ago #9
Somebody gunna' fall out that window tonight RoadRunner 8 hrs ago #11
Ehhh, the whole concept of Russian AI, and logic does not compute. SWBTATTReg 8 hrs ago #12
At least it wasn't a man in a robot suit like they had done previously LiberalLovinLug 8 hrs ago #13
The thing was unstable even before it gobbled, and.... reACTIONary 8 hrs ago #14
I walk better than that COL Mustard 7 hrs ago #16
C3PO it ain't. COL Mustard 7 hrs ago #15
Typical Russian. Borogove 7 hrs ago #17
A lot of corners must have been cut in order for the robot company oligarchs to buy another swiss chalet. Crowman2009 6 hrs ago #20
If they declined to participate BootinUp 5 hrs ago #23
Like the Russian TV Studio in SCTV ChicagoTeamster 5 hrs ago #24
So funny - thanks Pinback 2 hrs ago #31
*laughs in Neuro-sama* sakabatou 4 hrs ago #25
And the there was a mass falling from windows of all the techs and designers Figarosmom 4 hrs ago #26
The Vladiator 3000 Blue Owl 4 hrs ago #27
Artificial intelligence, or in the Russkie's case, the lack thereof meow2u3 3 hrs ago #28
So the crew presenting it had the foresight to have a large black screen cloth handy in the wings Emrys 3 hrs ago #29
A mindless, unstable manikin that is being manipulated by a Russian behind the curtain? LudwigPastorius 3 hrs ago #30
Too much wodka can do that! 🍸 sdfernando 2 hrs ago #32
Putin put polonium in its hydraulic fluid? Blumancru 2 hrs ago #33

Torchlight

(6,117 posts)
1. Vowing not to be upstaged, Mr trump announces his next failure will be even more spectular
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 03:25 PM
9 hrs ago

The most beautiful miserable failure in the world is now on America's schedule of events. Again.

Buns_of_Fire

(18,902 posts)
9. The robot was obviously "provoking" Poots. That cannot be tolerated.
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 04:11 PM
9 hrs ago

So, to show the world the awesome power he commands, Poots will now proceed to obliterate Moscow with his zillion-mph ICBM which will explode on the launching pad.

I spent years of my childhood ducking and covering for this?

reACTIONary

(6,834 posts)
14. The thing was unstable even before it gobbled, and....
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 05:10 PM
8 hrs ago

.... parts broke off in the fall.

Reminds me of TSF hobbling around.

Crowman2009

(3,353 posts)
20. A lot of corners must have been cut in order for the robot company oligarchs to buy another swiss chalet.
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 06:36 PM
6 hrs ago

Emrys

(8,748 posts)
29. So the crew presenting it had the foresight to have a large black screen cloth handy in the wings
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 09:38 PM
3 hrs ago

to cover up in case of mishaps, but didn't plan well enough to make sure it wasn't tangled so badly that by the time they'd stretched it across the stage, what was left of Metal Mikhail had already been swept up and dragged offstage, presumably to AI Gulag.

Me, I'd have been more inventive. When Mikhail took his tumble, they should have crawled onstage and started breakdancing to keep him company.

LudwigPastorius

(13,780 posts)
30. A mindless, unstable manikin that is being manipulated by a Russian behind the curtain?
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 10:11 PM
3 hrs ago

Is it called the Trumpbot3000?

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