"A dancing robot at the hot pot restaurant Haidilao in Cupertino, California, boogied a little too hard, got too close to a table, and started smashing plates and sending dishware and chopsticks everywhere, prompting the restaurant's staff to intervene, according to a video posted on the Chinese social network Xiaohongshu by user Meooow."
"From what we can see from the video, at least three employees struggled to restrain the robot as it flung its arms around. One Haidilao employee seems to be looking at her phone, perhaps in an attempt to toggle something on an app controlling the robot. It's possible the robot - which appears to be an AgiBot X2 robot, which was featured at the CES conference in January - has a kill switch, but the staff might not have known how to operate it."
"If you're not familiar with hot pot, you should know that, as its name suggests, it involves very hot pots of soup. No one likes spilled food, but if the robot were to knock piping bowls of bone broth over, it wouldn't just be a culinary disaster, it might seriously burn someone. Not to mention any potential blunt-force damage from the now-moshing automaton."
A humanoid robot performing at a Haidilao hot pot restaurant in Cupertino, California malfunctioned during its dance routine, moving too vigorously and striking a nearby table. The robot knocked plates, dishware, and chopsticks across the dining area, forcing multiple staff members to physically restrain it. The incident highlights practical safety concerns with autonomous robots in public spaces, particularly in environments involving hazardous materials like boiling soup. Staff struggled to control the robot, possibly lacking knowledge of proper shutdown procedures or kill switch operation. The robot appeared to be an AgiBot X2 model. Beyond the immediate mess, the malfunction posed genuine risks of severe burns and injuries to customers and staff from spilled hot liquid and the robot's uncontrolled movements.
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