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When the robot overlords take over, these distant ancestors might be cause for embarrassment
It's the nightmare scenario for any spokesperson: Your much-hyped product fails in front of a live audience at the industry's biggest showcase.
That's what happened when David VanderWaal, LG's VP of marketing, tried to demo CLOi, LG's new home assistant robot at CES. The robot started off okay, responding to a scheduling command and setting a washing machine. Then disaster struck in the form of silence.
Here's video of the incident from the BBC.
Caption by: Greg Nichols
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