Visuals doing rounds on internet showed the robot presenting Qualcomm’s new AI chips during the keynote address. However, in a flash, the robot crashed to the ground before shutting down.

A staff member intervened immediately and covered a black sheet over the robot. The video has since gone viral on social media.

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In a statement following the event, Qualcomm brushed off the event saying the robot performed its designed ‘safe-collapse’ sequence, lowering itself to its knees to protect the environment around it.

It attributed the failure to a “brief communication glitch” that led to a controlled shutdown.”

“Live demos involve risk. At Computex in Taipei, a brief communication glitch triggered a fault in the prototype humanoid and initiated a controlled shutdown. The robot performed its designed ‘safe-collapse’ sequence, lowering itself to its knees to protect the environment around it. The safety systems worked as intended. The incident also provided valuable real-world data that is helping to further strengthen system reliability and accelerate development of safer, more resilient robotics,” the Qualcomm statement read.

Qualcomm has recently been expanding into the fast-growing AI data-center market, and is targeting $5 billion in revenue from the business by next fiscal year and $15 billion by 2029.