A dancing humanoid robot at a university sports event in Shaanxi, China suddenly turned and hugged a female dancer beside it before staff intervened and pulled it away.
- Date of incident
- 2026-04-26
- Location
- Shaanxi, China
- Sources
- 2
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- 2026-04-26Follow-up
A dancing humanoid robot at a university sports event in Shaanxi, China suddenly turned and hugged a female dancer beside it before staff intervened and pulled it away.
deccanherald.com - 2026-04-27Report
A humanoid robot deviated from its choreographed routine during the opening ceremony of a sports meet at Xi'an Eurasia University, turning mid-dance and embracing a nearby female student before on-site staff intervened; the student was not injured and the incident was attributed to signal interference from simultaneously operating drones.
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- deccanherald.comA dancing humanoid robot at a university sports event in Shaanxi, China suddenly turned and hugged a female dancer beside it before staff intervened and pulled it away.2026-04-26copy 2026-09-05tier 2
- yahoo.comA humanoid robot deviated from its choreographed routine during the opening ceremony of a sports meet at Xi'an Eurasia University, turning mid-dance and embracing a nearby female student before on-site staff intervened; the student was not injured and the incident was attributed to signal interference from simultaneously operating drones.2026-04-27copy 2026-09-04tier 2
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