14 December 2018 1 Min Read
Boris, the hi-tech Russian robot, was really a man in a suit
A man in a costume appeared on a Russian television network pretending to be a robot.
Image: Twitter\@edrormba
Image: Twitter\@edrormba
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A Russian robot named Boris that appeared on national television to showcase the country’s technological progress turned out to be a man in a suit.
Television network Russia 24 praised the robot for its ability to speak and dance. However, many viewers were not convinced as Boris was more flexible and possessed more human-like behaviour than your average AI robot.
According to Sky News, bloggers and journalists pointed out human-like gestures and movements that the robot made during the broadcast.
Television network Russia 24 praised the robot for its ability to speak and dance. However, many viewers were not convinced as Boris was more flexible and possessed more human-like behaviour than your average AI robot.
According to Sky News, bloggers and journalists pointed out human-like gestures and movements that the robot made during the broadcast.
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According to The Guardian, the man was wearing a £3,000 (about R54,000) robot costume designed by the company Show Robots. It included a microphone and a tablet display.
A picture showing the man’s neck visible in the costume was circulated on social media.
On Twitter, there was mixed reaction.