"The robot, named AIdol, was unveiled during a tech showcase at the Yarovit Hall Congress Center in Moscow on Monday. As the machine walked onto the stage accompanied by two handlers to "Gonna Fly Now," the theme from the 1976 film Rocky, it waved to the audience before taking a few steps, losing its balance, and toppling over. Event staff rushed to cover the fallen robot with a black cloth and carried it from the stage, cutting the presentation short."
"Vladimir Vitukhin, CEO of the Moscow-based startup Idol, attributed the fall to calibration issues potentially caused by the robot's stereo cameras being overly sensitive to the lighting conditions in the hall. "This is real-time learning, when a good mistake turns into knowledge, and a bad mistake turns into experience," Vitukhin told attendees following the incident, according to Newsweek. "I hope that this mistake will turn into an experience.""
"AIdol is designed to perform three main functions: walking, object manipulation, and communication with people. The humanoid can perform up to six hours of autonomous operation, according to the company, and its face is capable of expressing at least 12 basic emotions and "hundreds" of microexpressions through its flexible silicone skin. All of the robot's systems function offline. The video below offers a pretty good idea of what AIdol looks like up close, including its face."
AIdol, a Russian-made humanoid robot, toppled during its first public demonstration while walking onstage. Handlers accompanied the robot and staff covered and removed it after the fall; the machine was later returned and kept upright with assistance. The fall was attributed to calibration issues possibly caused by stereo cameras reacting to hall lighting. The company reports no damage from the incident. AIdol is built for walking, object manipulation, and human communication, can operate autonomously for up to six hours, and its silicone face can display at least 12 basic emotions and hundreds of microexpressions. All systems operate offline.
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