A humanoid robot dramatically collapsed during a live presentation before being covered with black sheets and awkwardly carried off stage in footage that has gone viral online.<\/p>\n
The mishap unfolded during Qualcomm\u2019s Computex 2026 presentation in Taipei as the technology giant demonstrated a robot powered by its Dragonwing IQ10 robotics platform.<\/p>\n
Video shows the white humanoid walking onto the stage carrying a tray as a presenter discusses the technology.<\/p>\n
Moments later, the robot appears to freeze before pitching forward and crashing heavily onto the floor.<\/p>\n
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One of its arms briefly rises into the air after the fall, prompting viewers to joke that the machine was attempting to signal that it was all right.<\/p>\n
The presenter continues speaking as several staff members rush onto the stage with black coverings, drape them over the robot and attempt to carry it away.<\/p>\n
The rescue operation becomes increasingly chaotic as the staff struggle to lift the machine, with part of the robot remaining visible beneath the sheets.<\/p>\n
Footage of the incident spread across Reddit, X and YouTube, where viewers compared the removal to workers carrying away a body.<\/p>\n
\u201cDude came in with the body bag real quick,\u201d one Reddit user wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were so quick, multiple bags ready. Feels like they were half expecting this,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n
A third added: \u201cAlso why do they cover it as if it\u2019s an actual dead body lol.\u201d<\/p>\n
Others were amused by the presenter\u2019s decision to continue with the demonstration while the robot was being removed only metres away.<\/p>\n
Qualcomm later said a technical issue had triggered the shutdown and insisted the robot\u2019s safety systems had performed as designed.<\/p>\n
\u201cLive demos involve risk,\u201d the company said in a statement provided to Creative Bloq.<\/p>\n
Qualcomm said a \u201cbrief communication glitch\u201d triggered a fault in the prototype and initiated a controlled shutdown.<\/p>\n
The company said the robot then performed its designed \u201csafe-collapse\u201d sequence, lowering itself to its knees to protect the surrounding environment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe safety systems worked as intended,\u201d Qualcomm said.<\/p>\n
It added that the incident had provided real-world data that would be used to improve reliability and develop safer robotics systems.<\/p>\n
Dragonwing IQ10 is part of Qualcomm\u2019s push into AI-powered robotics and is intended to support developers building machines for industrial and commercial uses.<\/p>\n
The demonstration was meant to showcase the platform\u2019s ability to power autonomous humanoid robots before the unexpected shutdown stole the show.<\/p>\n
While Qualcomm maintained the fall demonstrated its safety features working correctly, the widely shared footage became one of the conference\u2019s most memorable moments. <\/p>\n
Investors were not seeing the funny side though as the company\u2019s share price fell 10.13 per cent in the past five days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A humanoid robot dramatically collapsed during a live presentation before being covered with black sheets and awkwardly carried…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[271669,271707,271635,271676,271665,271726,271703,271701,271716,271693,271659,271658,271674,271664,271678,271708,271102,271715,271722,271714,365,271696,271686,271695,271718,363,364,20133,271700,271720,24369,271712,24570,65622,35964,19473,271660,321,271687,271713,271710,271685,271668,271706,271682,271663,154828,271673,271711,111,139,69,271724,271704,5202,271684,7445,271683,100677,11224,29795,152013,7192,5149,271671,271705,271675,5433,104340,145,271690,271661,16864,271723,271721,271666,121020,271689,271672,271709,271681,271662,97929,271688,5104,271677,271691,271698,271702,271717,271670,271725,271692,271727,271680,271697,271694,271679,271699,271719,12901,5143,4478,271667],"class_list":["post-552888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-s-ability","tag-s-computex-2026-presentation","tag-s-decision","tag-s-most-memorable-moments","tag-s-push","tag-s-safety-systems","tag-s-share-price","tag-10-13","tag-a-brief-communication-glitch","tag-a-body","tag-a-controlled-shutdown-the-company","tag-a-fault","tag-a-humanoid-robot","tag-a-live-presentation","tag-a-presenter","tag-a-robot","tag-a-statement","tag-a-technical-issue","tag-a-tray","tag-a-viral-clip","tag-ai","tag-ai-powered-robotics","tag-all-right-the-presenter","tag-an-actual-dead-body-lol","tag-another-said-a-third","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-attention","tag-black-coverings","tag-black-sheets","tag-cent","tag-creative-bloq-qualcomm","tag-developers","tag-dude","tag-feels","tag-footage","tag-industrial-and-commercial-uses-the-demonstration","tag-investors","tag-iq10","tag-its-arms","tag-its-designed-safe-collapse-sequence","tag-its-dragonwing-iq10-robotics-platform-video","tag-its-knees","tag-its-safety-features","tag-its-share-price-reaction","tag-live-demos","tag-machines","tag-mid-presentation","tag-multiple-bags","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-one-reddit-user","tag-only-metres","tag-part","tag-power-autonomous-humanoid-robots","tag-qualcomm","tag-qualcomm-said-it","tag-real-world-data","tag-reddit","tag-reliability","tag-rescue-operation","tag-risk","tag-robot","tag-safer-robotics-systems-dragonwing","tag-several-staff-members","tag-share-price-tanks","tag-stage","tag-taipei","tag-technology","tag-the-air","tag-the-body-bag","tag-the-company","tag-the-conference","tag-the-demo","tag-the-demonstration","tag-the-fall","tag-the-floor-a-humanoid-robot","tag-the-funny-side","tag-the-incident","tag-the-machine","tag-the-mishap","tag-the-moment","tag-the-past-five-days","tag-the-platform","tag-the-presenter","tag-the-prototype","tag-the-removal","tag-the-robot","tag-the-safety-systems","tag-the-sheets-footage","tag-the-shutdown","tag-the-staff-struggle","tag-the-stage","tag-the-surrounding-environment","tag-the-technology-giant","tag-the-technology-moments","tag-the-unexpected-shutdown","tag-the-white-humanoid","tag-the-widely-shared-footage","tag-viewers","tag-viral","tag-workers","tag-x-and-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}