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Russia\u2019s foray into AI-powered robotics appears to\u00a0be\u00a0off to\u00a0a\u00a0rocky start.<\/p>\n
The country\u2019s first humanoid robot to\u00a0incorporate AI\u00a0technology was unveiled at\u00a0a\u00a0technology conference in\u00a0Moscow on\u00a0Tuesday. Video from the event shows the invention, named Aidol, hobbling onto the stage accompanied by\u00a0two humans to\u00a0the tune of\u00a0\u201cGonna Fly Now,\u201d the main theme from the film Rocky. Trying to\u00a0wave to\u00a0the audience, Aidol lost its balance and toppled over. The presentation was immediately cut short, and the robot was carried away.<\/p>\n
Journalist Dmitry Filonov noted<\/a> that Alexey Yuzhakov, head of\u00a0Russia\u2019s National Technological Coalition, had previously warned that Aidol\u2019s developers had invested little in\u00a0improving its ability to\u00a0walk. Vladimir Vitukhin, the founder of\u00a0the machine\u2019s parent company, told journalists that the problem was caused by\u00a0the robot\u2019s stereo cameras: they\u2019re sensitive to\u00a0lighting conditions, and the hall was dark.<\/p>\n When Aidol later appeared on\u00a0stage a\u00a0second time, it\u00a0managed to\u00a0stay on\u00a0its feet \u2014\u00a0though not without help, the Moscow News Agency reported. The company\u2019s director, Vladimir Vitukhin, said the robot was not damaged. \u201cThis is\u00a0exactly what real-time learning is: when a\u00a0successful mistake turns into knowledge, and an\u00a0unsuccessful one into experience. I\u00a0hope this mistake becomes experience,\u201d the company head said.<\/p>\n Grokipedia\u00a0vs. Ruwiki Elon Musk\u2019s Wikipedia rival uses AI\u00a0to\u00a0push its creator\u2019s views \u2014 something Moscow already tried. Meduza compares the results.<\/a>Grokipedia\u00a0vs. Ruwiki Elon Musk\u2019s Wikipedia rival uses AI\u00a0to\u00a0push its creator\u2019s views \u2014 something Moscow already tried. Meduza compares the results.<\/a><\/p>\n According to\u00a0the developers, the robot \u201ccovers three key human functions: walking on\u00a0two legs, manipulating objects, and communicating with people.\u201d All of\u00a0the machine\u2019s systems operate offline, and it\u00a0can function autonomously for up\u00a0to\u00a0six hours. The developers believe such a\u00a0robot could work in\u00a0the manufacturing and logistics sectors, as\u00a0well as\u00a0in\u00a0banks, airports, or\u00a0other public spaces. However, the company has not revealed the specific AI\u00a0system that Aidol uses.<\/p>\n The developers also said that realistic facial expressions and emotional reactions are \u201cAidol\u2019s key distinctions from other global models.\u201d The robot\u2019s \u201cface\u201d can purportedly display at\u00a0least 12 basic emotions and \u201chundreds\u201d of\u00a0micro-expressions.<\/p>\n Sign up for Meduza\u2019s daily newsletter<\/p>\n A digest of Russia\u2019s investigative reports and news analysis. If it matters, we summarize it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s foray into AI-powered robotics appears to\u00a0be\u00a0off to\u00a0a\u00a0rocky start. The country\u2019s first humanoid robot to\u00a0incorporate AI\u00a0technology was unveiled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55,4732,4727,4730,4719,4712,4724,4714,4725,4731,4720,4708,4715,4709,4717,4718,4710,4713,4711,4729,4723,4716,4728,4726,4722,4721],"class_list":["post-260345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-4732","tag-4727","tag-4730","tag-4719","tag-4712","tag-4724","tag-4714","tag-4725","tag-4731","tag-4720","tag-4708","tag-4715","tag-4709","tag-4717","tag-4718","tag-4710","tag-4713","tag-4711","tag-4729","tag-4723","tag-4716","tag-4728","tag-4726","tag-4722","tag-4721"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}