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Saturday, November 15, 2025

A Russian company unveiled its much-hyped prototype for its humanoid bot, only to have the machine face-plant onstage ...

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The robot, known as AIDOL, staggered onstage during a technology showcase in Moscow. Organizers blamed the mishap on calibration and lighting issues. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/t ...

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-- Neil Vigdor (@gettingviggy.bsky.social) Nov 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM

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Speaking of orc robots, IAMRUNT face-plants a dozen times a day.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-14 01:45 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

That's true

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-11-14 06:02 PM | Reply

Don't let the robots (or the commie spy) fool ya!

It's all an act to make us THINK they are feeble and stupid.

Then when you least expect it they will rise up and attack us in our sleep and steal our IPhones! Next thing you know one of them I,Robot buses will be rolling down your street releasing mobs (herds?) of robots to attack us and take our jerbs!

Me and Will Smith hate them fargin robots (and commie spies!).

And Socialism.

And now a word from my sponsor, The Singularity:

"The Singularity cannot be stopped."

#3 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-15 11:14 AM | Reply

I'm guessing it runs on vodka.

#4 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-11-15 11:39 AM | Reply

Re 4

It sure looked that way.

And I loved the failed attempt to pull the curtain over it. Like no one saw it. That was so ... Russian.

I feel bad for those guys. They will have to stay away from the windows for the rest of their days and carry a Geiger counter everywhere they go now.

#5 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-15 12:21 PM | Reply

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