• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Humanoid robot ‘goes berserk’ towards staff during demo in majorly dystopian scenes

Home> News> Technology

Updated 11:56 10 May 2025 GMT+1Published 11:49 10 May 2025 GMT+1

Humanoid robot ‘goes berserk’ towards staff during demo in majorly dystopian scenes

Here we go then...

James Moorhouse

James Moorhouse

Featured Image Credit: X/sentdefender

Topics: AI, Technology, China

James Moorhouse
James Moorhouse

James is a NCTJ Gold Standard journalist covering a wide range of topics and news stories for LADbible. After two years in football writing, James switched to covering news with Newsquest in Cumbria, before joining the LAD team in 2025. In his spare time, James is a long-suffering Rochdale fan and loves reading, running and music. Contact him via [email protected]

X

@JimmyMoorhouse

Advert

Advert

Advert

A viral video has shown some hauntingly dystopian scenes, as a robot allegedly 'went berserk' while being worked on by two members of staff in a Chinese factory.

Well, my friends, it seems as if the time has finally come. All those requests asking AI to write a basic email or check the weather have seemingly led to this. The inevitable collapse of society as the robots take over for good.

I hope you've been saying please and thank you when you've been churning out your school essays or settling debates with mates using AI, because these computers will remember everything, even if it does cost the company millions simply because you remember your manners.

Unitree Robotics is a tech company based in China and while it specialises in quadrupedal robots, it has branched out into selling humanoid versions. They are available for as little as $16,000 (£12,000) - a small price to pay if you fancy emulating Will Smith and fighting them off.

Advert

Maybe that's a slight overreaction given the video allegedly captures the outburst of just one Unitree robot, however, it could have very easily injured the two workers seen nearby.

It's not clear why the robot reacted like this, some claim it may have lost its sense of balance, while others suspect it was down to a software error.

According to TechSpot, this isn't the first time one of the robots has acted out of 'character' however, with security forced to intervene during the Tianjin Winter Gala Festival in February, when a Unitree H1 suddenly lurched towards a spectator who had extended their hand.

Just in case you thought you'd be fine running away if one of these things ever did come for you, then I have bad news, as the bot looks capable of running at a decent speed of 3.3 metres per second. For context, Usain Bolt's world-record 100m time was completed at around 10.44 metres per second. So if you're as fast as the Jamaican, you'll be fine.

Advert

Has technology gone too far? (Getty Stock Image)
Has technology gone too far? (Getty Stock Image)

On its website, Unitree Robotics says: "Possessing a stable gait and highly flexible movement capabilities, it is able to walk and run autonomously in complex terrains and environments."

The robot also has pretty impressive vision, with as it is 'equipped with 3D LiDAR + depth camera, real-time acquisition of high-precision spatial data to achieve panoramic scanning', which isn't doing The Terminator comparisons any favours.

While many of us are concerned about how robots could steal our jobs in the future, these sorts of actions would surely be a sackable offence, so maybe we don't have too much to worry about.

LADbible has contacted Unitree for comment.

  • China could turn your pets' sounds into a voice using genius AI technology
  • AI-generated meme mocking Donald Trump and Elon Musk working in factory goes viral in China amid trade war
  • Truth behind harrowing footage of paraglider sucked into a thundercloud before miraculously surviving
  • Mermaid performer faints mid-show at aquarium in shocking scenes

Choose your content:

4 hours ago
5 hours ago
  • 4 hours ago

    Strict process to be granted entry into UK's biggest swinging festival as organiser explains why it's so important

    Matt Cole and his wife Stacie are the masterminds behind Swingathon, which is returning for its fifth year this weekend

    News
  • 4 hours ago

    Woman who filmed 'Coldplay couple' reveals why she decided to share the video

    Grace Springer shared the video on TikTok on Wednesday (16 July)

    News
  • 4 hours ago

    Dad dies after being bitten by bat while trying to remove it from his home

    An investigation has been launched into the circumstances surrounding Craig Nolte's illness

    News
  • 5 hours ago

    Company releases statement after CEO was 'caught with another woman' at Coldplay concert in viral video

    Astronomer has shared a statement following the viral video

    News