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Posted on 06/05/2026 3:22:49 PM PDT by DFG
At an amusement park in China, a humanoid robot demonstrating martial arts accidentally struck a kindergarten boy in the abdomen.
According to Yonhap News on June 5, a martial arts performance featuring a humanoid robot was recently held at an amusement park in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwest China. In China, events where various moves are programmed into humanoid robots and showcased have recently been gaining popularity.
During the performance, as a large crowd gathered, a kindergarten boy leaned in close to the robot and was struck in the abdomen by the robot's foot while it was executing a spinning kick. The impact caused the child to immediately clutch his stomach in pain and crouch down.
A video capturing the moment the robot struck the child’s abdomen quickly spread through social media. According to local media outlets such as Sohu.com, the robot in question was identified as the 'G1' from the Chinese startup Unitree.
The kicking force of the G1 is about 100 newtons, which is comparable to the impact delivered by a 10-kilogram object.
Experts pointed out that this level of force can cause severe pain to young children and, in some cases, may lead to internal organ damage. However, fortunately, the child was reportedly not seriously injured.
Although humanoid robots like the G1 can perform complex and sophisticated movements according to their programming, they are still considered lacking in their ability to recognize and avoid sudden changes in their surroundings or unexpected situations in real time.
Previously, in March, the G1 was involved in another incident at a festival in Shanxi Province, where it injured a child by swinging its arm while performing a dance routine.
Additionally, at the world's first 'Robot Olympics' held in China last May, there was an incident where a robot deviated from its track during operation and collided with a spectator outside the track.
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Teaching robots to fight and beat people up - what could go wrong?
What happened to the three laws of robotics?
F=ma
Force equals mass times acceleration.
Force is not equal to a weight.
It probably hurt most because the child wasn’t prepared for the kick. I don’t think they would program the robot to give the force required to cause serious injury.
G1 is Trans and pro abortion.
Laughs in Skynet.
Looks like this happened in Florida.
> Force is not equal to a weight.
Picky, picky. What’s a few missing units and time derivatives between friends?
P.S. According to the local wildlife present, I won that fight. The score was 12 to 5. I’m rather proud of that accomplishment.
The brief clip in post #1 — the robot acting up at a track meet — reveals a dirty little secret about Chinese robotics. Those robots are not at all autonomous. Take the “robot track meet” for example. Those fellows on the track with the running robots are using controllers to guide the robots; the humans have to run right behind the robots to steer them with their radio controllers. And the robot that kicked the kid in the stomach was simply performing a programmed routine, not “looking” for possible obstacles or reacting to stimuli. Don’t be fooled by claims that China’s robots are leaving the West in the dust.
Can they carry 45s over there? Is it possible to kill a robot? IIRC, in the Terminator it was quite difficult.
Can’t be as bad as being kicked by a horse.
Thing is they’re not even robots. They’re like those flipping dog toys.
acceleration due to gravity = 9.8 m/s^2, 10 kg * 9.8 = 98 N.
I saw another video from China, showing a small crowd gathered as a robot performed karate routines.
One little boy got his face slapped good and hard, poor fellow.
I think the robot was trying to perform a swinging block, but with an open ‘palm’.
Just like here, the curious crowds are allowed to gather way too close to the unpredictable robot.
Been there done that.
I agree
You’ve brought back memories of pain.
Plus a dynamic slam to the foot made me switch to steel toes the rest of my riding days.
Then there was....
The Chinese would have us believe they are ahead in so many ways. I have to wonder how much of this is true.
China doesn’t grok Asimov.
What are these "laws" of which you speak?
Ah, they're from some fictional novel, with no basis in reality. LOL!
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