Overview
- Video from the Nov. 11 unveiling shows AIDOL stumbling to the Rocky theme, falling, and being dragged offstage as staff pulled a curtain over the robot.
- Director Vladimir Vitukhin called the fall a learning experience, pointing to a potential power failure and saying the team will debug the prototype.
- The company describes AIDOL as Russia’s first anthropomorphic AI robot and says the effort comes from a self‑funded, 14‑person team rather than a state or corporate program.
- Published specifications list a 48‑volt battery with roughly six hours of operation, a 209‑pound weight, 6‑foot‑1 height, a 22‑pound payload, and a prototype using 77% Russian‑made components.
- Coverage highlights parallels with other humanoid efforts such as Tesla’s Optimus and 1X’s NEO, with Morgan Stanley projecting a potentially multi‑trillion‑dollar market by 2050 but slow adoption in the near term.