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Russia robot faceplants in hyped debut
Bangkok Post
|November 14, 2025
It was an entrance befitting a heavyweight bout, complete with the Rocky theme.
But a humanoid robot powered by artificial intelligence, believed to be one of the first in Russia, face-planted during its highly anticipated debut in Moscow on Tuesday after briefly staggering onstage.
Organisers quickly dragged the machine away, raising a black drape to shield it from about 50 journalists who had gathered to watch the demonstration, an inauspicious entry for Russia into the increasingly competitive international space of AI-powered robots resembling humans.
The anthropomorphic robot, known as AIDOL, appeared to lose its balance after waving to the audience. It keeled over moments later, faster than Ivan Drago, Rocky Balboa's vanquished Russian rival in Rocky IV.
This story is from the November 14, 2025 edition of Bangkok Post.
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