A robot has been accused of touching a girl’s bum in a sick viral social media stunt. The bot has been seized by officers and an investigation has been opened into the sex pest
A humanoid robot has been seized as part of a bizarre police operation after the robot was accused of touching the bum of an underaged girl.
The humanoid suspect is also believed to have made thrusting motions on the 16-year-old during the alleged sexual assault. The robot’s owner, 16, and his friend, 19, have been accused of the filming the sexual assault in real-time and posting it on TikTok.
The incident occurred shortly after midnight infront of a fast food restaurant. The robot – who stands at an estimated 1.20 meters tall – allegedly approached the girl from behind and touched her bum. The machine menace also allegedly made suggestive thrusting movements at the child.
Following the alleged assault police revealed they found a robot in the boot of a VW. Officers have now released an unflattering mugshot of the suspected cyber sex pest.
The robot is pictured strewn out across the ground with sunglasses and a hair black moustache covering it’s face. The bearded bot is snapped wearing a white wifebeater vest and is adorned with what looks like a fake gold chain.
Police have opened an investigation into how the robot committed the alleged sexual offence. And if someone was controlling the robots movements.
The phones of the two suspects have been seized alongside the bot by police. The owner of the robot and his mate are believed to have live streamed the machine’s mayhem and commented on the assault.
The alleged harassments took place in Cologne, Germany, and social media videos on Tiktok are circulating of the machine roaming around Cologne and making suggestive movements.
The development comes after experts have warned a breed of AI sex bots could end up blackmailing and even killing their owners. Lonely blokes are investing in ever increasingly sophisticated pleasure dolls. But experts say cybercrooks could hack them to extort cash from unsuspecting punters.
Jake Moore, global cybersecurity advisor with web security firm ESET, previously told the Daily Star: “At the very least, they could be hacked for blackmail purposes.
“They probably have cameras and that footage would be very valuable to cyber-criminals for blackmail purposes.”
And boffins fear the bots could be programmed to kill – or even murder their owners by over-exerting them during sex.
Dr Nick Patterson from Deakin University in Victoria, Australia, warned: “Hackers can hack into a robot or a robotic device and have full control of the connections, arms, legs and other attached tools like in some cases knives or welding devices.
“Once a robot is hacked, the hacker has full control and can issue instructions to the robot. The last thing you want is for a hacker to have control over one of these robots.
“Once hacked they could absolutely be used to perform physical actions for an advantageous scenario or to cause damage.”