This AI Sputnik turned out to be a total Splatnik. A much-hyped Russian robot faceplanted and flailed on stage during its grand debut in a humiliating misstep for mankind. AIDOL — an android hailed as “Russia’s first anthropomorphic robot with artificial intelligence” by its creator company of the same name — was led out onto a Moscow stage to much fanfare Tuesday as a group of about 50 journalists looked eagerly on.

EADaily, November 12th, 2025. The presentation of the first Russian anthropomorphic robot with artificial intelligence Aidol took place in Moscow. The presentation began with the fall of the robot, which the developer called real-time learning,