The Russians have not done well this year, the Idol, the Russian humanoid robot, presented as the first in the country with advanced intelligence, which in a few seconds after starting the presentation that should have been epic turns into shame, the robot tries to salute, loses its balance and collapses face to face to the ground, two assistants run, drag the humanoid in a hurry and take it back while a third human tries to close the curtain and it capriciously stays in his hand.
A total horror show, this episode that went viral in a matter of hours exposes something much bigger than a mechanical stumble, the Idol was announced as a technological milestone of Russia, 1.85 cm tall, 95 kg. 48 V battery, capable of 6 hours of operation, 77% components manufactured in the country, silicone facial skin with two basic emotions and hundreds of micro expressions.
According to its director, Vladimir Utkin is capable of walking, manipulating objects and conversing naturally, and it was supposedly tested on slippery floors, carpets, stones and even expanded clay. Even so, the first step on a smooth stage was enough for everything to collapse. I understand what happened, it has happened to me, the robot is so advanced that it emulated the audience's emotion of fear and fainted.
For Vladimir Utkin, the fall was a successful mistake and could have been caused by a power failure. He insists that the situation is part of learning, but it is difficult to ignore how this very symbolic moment occurs precisely in the middle of the most aggressive race that robotics has ever experienced. In the end, while the Idol fell on a Mosco stage, companies such as OneX, Agility, Engine AI, Tesla, Figer, Unitree, Utech and many others compete to see who will place the first general-purpose humanoid in homes and industries. of the world massively.
And the rush is enormous, because the humanoid market can exceed $5 trillion by 2050, only this revolution is not going to happen all at once, adoption should be slow until the mid-2030s, accelerating only at the end of the decade and throughout the 2040s, now many analysts predict that there will be 80 million domestic burglaries by 2050, a small number compared to the goal of at least one robot in every home.
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