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- technology@hexbear.net
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- technology@hexbear.net
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/18/china-dancing-humanoid-robots-festival-show
But Stieler also noted: “Stage performance does not equate to industrial robustness, yet.” He said what the robots did was the result of being trained for a routine “hundreds or thousands of times – you could not just tell them to change direction or do something completely different”.


Good thing humans don’t have to do rehearsals before a performance, or be trained to do their job. If we did, we’d really be in trouble.
On the other side: what other option is there than that this is rehearsed and planned ? Is there anyone in the world that thinks that the robots spontaneously did this?
Yes! And that’s why it’s so scary! You never know when they’re going to bust out some killer moves and then you’ll get served!