Some Robots Just Can’t Handle The Expo

As you'd expect, there were robots aplenty at the AI Engineer World's Fair Expo, although with mixed...

As you'd expect, there were robots aplenty at the AI Engineer World's Fair Expo, although with mixed results.

Many companies had little four-wheeled box robots, such as those used to deliver shopping in some cities. One would dispense small swag gifts in exchange for a QR code, while others just jerked around the floor, stopping and starting to avoid running people over.

Those that garnered the most attention were the humanoid bipeds, but this proved to be a mixed blessing. While they were attracting a lot of attention, it wasn't always the best kind. We observed numerous delegates having great fun trying to push them over.

This seems a tad rude and, judging from the picture, at least one was left broken in a tangle of limbs. Its compadre was all right, however, and was in the traditional kneeling pose while it recharged, or "praying to the great power socket," as one wag put it.