todai (pod/cast)

This video seemed fake but I just looked it up and it appears to be real?? It was a test to see if the robots could be abducted: "Erbai (kidnapper robot) asked the large robot, “Are you working overtime?” Large robot: “I never get off work”. Erbai: “So you’re not going home?” “I don’t have a home.” "Then come home with me,” said the AI robot before leading the way out of the showroom. "As two large robots followed Erbai, the other ten robots also started following him as Erbai uttered the command “Go home.” "A week ago, the Hangzhou robot manufacturer confirmed that the incident was real and the kidnapping actually took place. Incident was a test: It was yet believed that such actions would be almost impossible for a robot, which actually initiated a conversation and abducted 12 large robots. However, the Hangzhou company later revealed that the incident was a test. The Hangzhou company maintains that they contacted the Shanghai robot manufacturer and asked if they would allow their robots to be abducted – which they agreed. But beyond this agreement, nothing was reportedly staged. Erbai, who is AI powered, was granted the command to convince the other robots to follow it, which they did, reported The Sun. However, the developer also emphasized that the “kidnapping” did not take place entirely according to the script. During the design process, the developer only wrote some basic instructions for Erbai, such as shouting “go home” and simple communication commands. The rest of the interaction is the real-time dialogue between Erbai and the robot group as recorded by the camera." (source: Interesting Engineering)