In China an android robot attacked a woman during a tech fair. It is not the first time that something like this happens, often humanoid robots have committed false steps. In March last year, a humanoid robot of Saudi Arabia touched a journalist inappropriately during a conference on artificial intelligence.
The robot approaches the crowd, protrudes beyond the barrier in the direction of a woman, then the pull a head. There is not much information about the context: we know it happened in China, during a technological festival. The video of the accident has become viral on social media And it is only the last example of a technology that, however advanced, risks being a danger to humans. The robot is a “Avatar to humanoid agent“, From the images it looks like a” H1 “model created by the Chinese company Unitree Robotics. The Android was presented at Spring Festival Gala on January 28th during the celebrations of the Chinese New Year. After the accident, the Android was taken away by the security guards.
That of humanoid robots is a crowded market. Companies like Tesla, Figures Ai and Unitree Roboticsare trying to develop machines with anthropomorphic shapes capable of becoming assistants to be launched on the market. The robots are planned both to support the technicians in companies, but they could also get out of the factories and become personal assistants capable of preparing dinner, cutting the lawn or helping the elderly. Yet, as this video shows, they may not yet be ready.
It is not the first accident for humanoid robots
It is not the first time that something like this happens, often humanoid robots have committed false steps. In March last year, a humanoid robot of Saudi Arabia touched one inappropriately Journalist during a conference on artificial intelligence. The android had male features. In 2022, however, a robot broke the finger of a child During a chess gamethe news had been reported by the Russian press agency Tass.
And if on the one hand the investors are betting on the Android market, the public still seems to be skeptical towards the smart machines. It is not surprising, the base is what Isaac Asimov has baptized the Frankenstain complex, or the terror of creating something that could turn against its creator. It is almost as if looking at a car we saw, even just vaguely, something of ourselves of which We don’t trust everything.
