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Humanoid robot goes on 'attack' in chilling viral video

By Kyle Schmidbauer

Published May 07, 2025

Fox News
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Footage reportedly shot at an undisclosed Chinese factory appears to show a robot violently "lashing out" at workers in a clip that's since gone viral. 

The security camera video shows a robot, which resembles a Unitree H1, initially sitting dormant as it hangs from a crane-like mechanism. 

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Two men are seen conversing in its vicinity.

Suddenly, the robot begins flailing its limbs around as the men attempt to get out of its way. It appears to knock a computer monitor, among other objects, to the floor during its rampage.

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An unexplained incident in which a robot appeared to "attack" two men at an undisclosed Chinese factory has gone viral. (Jam Press)

One man eventually gets hold of the crane from which the unruly robot was hanging in an attempt to restrain it.

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One video of the incident garnered 12 million views on X in a post dubiously billing it "the first robot rebellion in human history."

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With official details on the incident remaining scant, its cause is still unclear.

Kyle Schmidbauer is a production assistant for Fox News Digital. A graduate of Montclair State University in New Jersey, he joined Fox in 2022.

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