Humanoid robotic unintentionally kung-fu-kicks engineer within the nuts throughout fight take a look at
The martial artist’s motion capture suit sent his movements to a the robot, which copied his actions as they appear to shadow box around an office space, but it took a painful turn
Humanoid robot kicks engineer in the groin during combat test
Shocking video shows the moment a humanoid robot accidentally kicked an engineer right in the groin during a movement test – before seeming to mock the man’s injury.
Footage shows a Unitree G1 humanoid robot mirroring a male engineer as part of a synchronized combat-style demonstration.
Standing directly in front of the machine, the engineer performed a series of martial arts-inspired movements for the robot to imitate, lifting his arms and legs in quick succession.
The martial artist’s motion capture suit sent his movements to a the robot, which copied his actions as they appear to shadow box around an office space.
But as both raise a leg almost simultaneously, the robot swiftly boots its handler straight in the nether regions, leaving him bent over in agony.
And as the man is double over in pain, while the robot mimicked the bent-over pose moments later.
The footage, captured on December 24 in Shanghai, China, shows the $13,500 machine buckled over and grabbing its robot crotch.
The G1, a humanoid robot built by Chinese firm Unitree, stands at at about 4’3″ and has such a fluid range of motion and dexterity. Videos of it performing dance numbers and martial arts have gone viral in recent years.
Promotional video on the firm’s website boats about the bot’s “extra large joint movement angle space” and “unlimited movement ability”. It shows it moving into different positions and rotating its body 360 degrees.
It has a running speed of more than two metres per second and hollow joint wiring, the video says. It is also seen opening a bottle of Coke.
Speaking at a global tech event last year, Unitree sales manager Pedro Zheng said customers must program each G1 for autonomous functions.
Passers-by at the trade fair were reported to have reached out to shake its hand, made sudden movements to see if it would respond, laughed when it waved or bent backwards and even apologised if they bumped into it.
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