According to security camera footage, the incident occurred on the night of August 26 at an exhibition hall in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, eastern China.
Video of a small robot luring and kidnapping 12 robots at an exhibition hall in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. (Source: Haokan)
The "culprit" in the incident was a small robot named Erbai. Compared to the robots it "kidnapped", Erbai looked especially agile. In the quiet space, Erbai walked over and asked the group of robots: "Are you guys working overtime?".
“I never get off work,” a robot replied.
"So you're not going home?" , Nhi Bach continued to ask.
“I'm not home,” the robot replied.
"Then come home with me," Nhi Bach called.
After the conversation, Nhi Bach took the lead, moving while shouting the command: "Go home" . The group of 12 robots followed one after another towards the warehouse.
The big robots move in turn following the command "go home" of the small robot Nhi Bach. (Photo: Sohu)
The group of robots seemed to be very obedient to Er Bai's instructions, forming an orderly circle in the warehouse, waiting for Er Bai to give new orders. However, no new actions were taken after that, and the robots remained in the warehouse until the exhibition staff found them.
A robot development company in Hangzhou confirmed the incident, saying that Erbai was their product. Meanwhile, the 12 "kidnapped" robots were products of another company in Shanghai.
The video sparked heated discussions among Chinese netizens after it went viral. Some found the robot's actions very interesting, highlighting the unexpected development of artificial intelligence (AI).
However, there are also concerns about the robot's "autonomous consciousness", arguing that the incident exposes security vulnerabilities in smart devices as well as awareness in the robot's ethical behavior.
In the face of public speculation, the developer of the Erbai robot finally revealed the truth behind this "kidnapping" mission, which was a deliberately planned test scenario.
They said they worked with the gallery's management to let Er Bai interact with the robots to see what interesting scientific reactions would occur.
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 Er Bai, such as shouting "go home" and simple communication commands. The rest of the interaction is the real-time dialogue between Er Bai and the robot group as recorded by the camera.
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