Watch this Russian humanoid robot fall flat on its face seconds into its debut to the 'Rocky' theme - Business Insider

"My team is already giving me a drip of pure electricity and cleaning the lenses on my cameras, so I can see better and handle the attention of a dozen camera flashes," the robot says in the video.

Humanoid robots have become a top investment category as companies like Tesla, which manufactures a 5-foot-8 humanoid robot known as Optimus, and Figure, which develops a humanoid robot named Helix, build machines to augment or even replace the human labor force. One of Russia's first humanoid robots, known as AIDOL, toppled over in front of a crowd in Moscow during its reveal on Tuesday as "Gonna Fly Now," the theme song from the movie "Rocky," played in the background.

A Moscow news agency posted the video of the robot's fall after the incident.

The company, a Russian startup called Artificial Intelligence Dynamic Organism Lab, or AIDOL, like the robot's name, posted a statement to Telegram on Thursday in response to the media attention. Subscribe Newsletters

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One of Russia's first humanoid robots face-planted during its public debut

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