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A “male” humanoid robotic brought on fairly a stir when it grabbed a feminine reporter's rear finish throughout its unveiling in Saudi Arabia final week.
“Muhammad the Humanoid Robotic” was unveiled at DeepFest in Riyadh by Saudi robotics firm QSS.
“I’m Mohammed, the primary Saudi robotic in human kind. I used to be created and developed within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a nationwide challenge to show our achievements within the subject of synthetic intelligence” stated Android Mohammed. @qltyssThe primary bilingual man… pic.twitter.com/SKLgOz3pal
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The robotic speaks Arabic and English and is sporting conventional Saudi apparel.
Throughout the robotic's presentation, Al Arabiya reporter Rawya Kassem stood in entrance of it to talk to the viewers.
As Kassem spoke, the robotic slowly raised its hand to the touch her decrease again.
Kassem gave the robotic a unclean look and raised her hand as if she was going to slap him, then returned to her level.
Saudi Arabia unveils its human-sized AI robotic Mohammed, reacts to reporter in its first look pic.twitter.com/1ktlUlGBs1
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This incident was captured on video and went viral on social media.
QSS instructed Metro that Mohammed was “utterly autonomous” and was performing “independently with out direct human management” when he captured Qassem.
The corporate stated its workers had “proactively knowledgeable all attendees, together with journalists, to keep up a secure distance from the robotic throughout the demonstration.”
“We now have already totally reviewed the footage and the circumstances surrounding the incident and located no deviation from Mohammed's anticipated behaviour, nonetheless we can be taking extra measures to stop anybody getting near him within the robotic's areas of motion “