A 'high-tech robot' presented at a Russian tech show has turned out to be a man in a robot suit. According to ABC News, footage was shot at a high-tech show in the city of Yaroslavl featuring "Boris the Robot". Robot Boris was apparently able to walk, talk and dance - and though the organisers never claimed that it was an actual robot, Russian state television apparently thought he was. They used footage of him dancing and speaking as a means to praise Russian technological prowess.
However, some journalists began to question the robot's authenticity. BBC reports that in a pic shared on social media, the person's neck was visible from inside the robot costume.
Russian website TJournal also noted the lack of sensors and the 'robot's' human-like movements, and revealed that Boris was, in fact, a man clad in a robot suit. The suit is sold under the name Alyosha by the Russian company Show Robots.
A photo shared by MBKh Media also appears to show a man wearing the robot costume
— (@MBKhMedia) December 12, 2018
Show Robots, the company behind the Alyosha costume, says on its website that the costume weighs 10 kgs and is able to deliver the "complete illusion" of a real robot.
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