companies hire real people to act as bionic robots? world robot conference organizer: it was not an invitation from the company, but the internet celebrity's own behavior
2024-08-30
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on august 25, the five-day 2024 world robot conference came to an end in beijing yizhuang (beijing economic and technological development zone). during the exhibition, many humanoid bionic robots attracted onlookers. but some people noticed that among the bionic robots on the booth, there were several real female models pretending to be robots.according to the live video of the exhibition posted by many netizens, during the interactive session, many audience members reached out to touch the female model's face and tried to wipe off the female model's lipstick to distinguish the real from the fake. some netizens were puzzled: why do some people "confuse the real with the fake" and ask real female models to act as bionic robots? is it appropriate for the audience to reach out and touch the fake robots?
▲ screenshot of the video posted by netizens
in response to netizens' questions, the staff of the conference organizer responded to red star news that the real person pretending to be a robot was the internet celebrity's own behavior and was not invited by the exhibitors and the conference organizers. as for the audience reaching out to touch the female model's face, the staff said that there were staff on site to remind the audience that it was a real person, and they constantly maintained order to protect the pretenders from harm.
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red star news reporter learned that the humanoid bionic robot that attracted the attention of the exhibition came from the brand "ex robot" of a company in dalian. at this conference, the company exhibited two robots with western faces performing shakespeare's plays, and there was also a "su shi" reciting poems and several mechanical girls on the side, which were made to be lifelike.
according to the company's official website, "ex robot" was established in dalian in july 2013. it is a new third board listed company specializing in the research and development, production, sales and services of intelligent bionic humanoid robots. its ex robot brand is a well-known brand in the industry.
two real people who walked onto the "ex robot" corporate booth and stood next to the bionic robot were short video bloggers @大佬甜giovanna and @猫魁katk. the former has over 5 million followers on douyin, and the latter has over 1.94 million followers.
the reporter noticed that on august 25, the two female internet celebrities and the makeup artist who did the robot makeup for them jointly released a related video with @北京亦庄. the video showed the two female internet celebrities putting on makeup backstage, walking the runway with the simulation robot at the booth, and interacting with the audience.
▲ screenshot of the video posted by netizens
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organizer staff: it was a spontaneous act of the internet celebrity
regarding the behavior of two internet celebrities pretending to be robots and walking on the "ex robot" company booth, a staff member of one of the organizers of the conference responded to red star news: "according to our understanding, the participating company 'ex robot' did not invite any real people to play the role of simulated robots. the two internet celebrities actually came to the robot conference on their own and participated in the catwalk to experience ai imitation makeup."
the organizer explained that since the beginning of the exhibition, "ex robot" has brought updated versions of bionic robots to the exhibition every year, and their lifelike appearance has attracted people to stop and take a look: "there is no need for the company to hire people to act as robots. they have never invited internet celebrities or models." said the organizer.
red star news reporter noticed that this conference was not the first time that the two internet celebrities had appeared in public dressed as robots. for example, in a video posted by @大佬甜giovanna on july 8 this year, she and @猫魁katk appeared somewhere, also attracting the attention of passers-by.
since the two influencers were not invited by the company, how could they go on the stage? the organizer said: "they should have obtained the consent of the exhibitors before going on stage, because the audience is not allowed to go on stage at will."
in this regard, red star news reporters have tried to contact the company to which "ex robot" belongs many times. the operator said that they would call the reporter back after verifying the situation, but as of press time, the reporter has not received a reply.
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"staff members reminded the audience not to touch it."
in a video of the conference uploaded by another netizen, a model pretending to be a robot was touched on the face, neck and other parts of the body during the interaction with the audience. some onlookers even tried to wipe off the model's lipstick to determine whether it was real or fake.
the organizer's staff introduced: "volunteers and staff were arranged at the conference site to clearly remind the audience whether it was a real person or a robot." the staff member said that due to the large number of onlookers, some on-site personnel may not have heard the prompts clearly. at the same time, the staff member emphasized that the conference volunteers and staff will continue to maintain order, protect the real people pretending to be robots from getting hurt, and remind the onlookers not to touch the real models.
the staff member explained that because some real people disguised themselves as robots, similar to "bronze man sculptures", were willing to stand still and interact with the audience and cooperate with everyone in taking photos and videos, some individual cameras captured the scene of the female model being touched.
"the real people pretending to be robots all breathe, and are within touching distance. you can even tell whether it's a real person pretending to be a robot or a bionic robot by its breathing," said the staff member.
red star news reporter yang yuqi
editor: guo zhuang, responsible editor: feng lingling
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