Why did this humanoid robot go nuts and nearly injure its handlers?

Photo: Unitree H1 – August 24, 2023. Photo credit: Unitree Robotics via Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 4.0 (no modifications). Article by Abhimanyu Ghoshal. New Atlas – May 7, 2025. Viral video: pic.twitter.com/lBcw4tPEpb— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) May 3, 2025.

An alarming video currently doing the rounds on social media appears to depict one of humanity’s worst nightmares seemingly coming true: a killer robot going rogue. The short clip features a humanoid robot malfunctioning, flailing its appendages wildly, and getting almost too close for comfort to two humans working on it. […]

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