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Updated December 13th, 2018 at 19:11 IST

'State-of-the-art' dancing robot turns out to be man in a suit

In an interesting turn of events, a Robot which was showcased at a Russian tech show recently turned out to be a man dressed in a detailed costume.

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In an interesting turn of events, a Robot which was showcased at a Russian tech show recently turned out to be a man dressed in a detailed costume. A video is getting viral on social media which shows the bot named 'Boris the Robot' responding to the instructions of the host, walking, and even dancing at the tech show in Russia's Yaroslavl city.

While the tech show's organisers did not claim that Boris was an actual robot, the state television, on the other hand, featured it as a “high-tech” innovation. They went onto use the videos of Boris the Robot dancing and speaking while hailing Russian technological prowess.

As per reports, the robot also appeared to speak in a metallic voice with lights flashing on its face in multiple colours, saying: "I'm good at maths but now I want to study art and musical composition."

Later, a photo was shared by a Twitter handle named MBKh Media which showed a man wearing a costume of Boris the Robot.

Take a look at the tweets:

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Meanwhile, China demonstrated a technological leap in early November this year when it broadcasted the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) news anchor at the World Conference in east China's Zhejiang Province. The anchor was on Xinhua News Agency' s channel.

"Hello, you are watching English news program, I'm AI News anchor," said the new joinee of the agency's team. 

In a separate introductory video, it added it would "work tirelessly to keep you informed as texts will be typed into my system uninterrupted".

The AI news anchor was created by Xinhua News Agency, China's state-run media and Chinese search engine company Sogou.com.

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Published December 13th, 2018 at 18:33 IST

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