greet. He has fallen on his face

There are companies that are committed to we all end up having a humanoid robot at home, as if it were that movie based on Asimov’s novel. The most leading companies are concentrated in the United States and China, with figure and Unitree as a spearhead. Now there is a new country that wants to enter the humanoid robotics race, it is Russia and its first attempt has been, shall we say, striking.

What has happened? The first Russian humanoid robot was presented yesterday in Moscow. In the video shared on networks You can see how the robot appears from the side of the stage, accompanied by two men who watch it very closely, with the soundtrack of ‘Rocky’. All very epic, or that was the intention.

The robot takes a few steps, stops and salutes, then immediately loses its balance and falls face down on the ground. What follows is the robot “kicking”, the employees dragging it and trying, without much success, to cover the scene with the stage curtain. A disaster.

Reactions. The first thing that catches your attention is that the robot walks very clumsily, very far from what we are used to. robot shows in china. The reactions on the networks were immediate and many pointed out that the robot seemed somewhat “harmed.” “I can’t stop laughing. I think he learned to walk from alcoholics,” said one user on X. “Powered by vodka,” this other guy joked. There has also been some positive comments which point out the difficulty of creating a humanoid robot that walks, even if it is that bad.

AIdol. This is how they have named the first Russian humanoid robot manufactured by the Idol company. According to the russian news agencyAIdol is capable of “walking, manipulating objects, and communicating.” It also has the ability to reproduce facial expressions thanks to 19 servomotors and has seven microphones, speakers and cameras to interact and move around the environment.

Supposedly, AIdol can move at a speed of 6km/h and maintains balance on uneven surfaces, although judging by its appearance on the scene, we have quite a few doubts. And finally, AI could not be missing, we do not know what models it uses, but AIdol has the capacity to generate contextual voice using AI. Plus, everything works offline.

The excuse. Idol, the company behind the creation of the robot, said that the crash occurred due to a calibration problem and that the robot they presented was in the testing phase. There has also been talk that it could be due to poor lighting or voltage problem. What we do know is that the Russian news agency does not mention the incident in its extensive article on AIdol. What’s more, the video that includes the news is cut just before the fall.

It could be worse. This is not the first time that Russia has ventured into robotics. In 2018, on Russian television A robot appeared that walked, danced and could even talk. They called him Boris and promoted him as a way to encourage young people to become interested in robotics. The problem is that it later became known that Boris was actually a man in disguise and not a real robot as they wanted us to believe in the broadcast.

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