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China’s humanoid robot turns into Kung-fu master after dancing debut
(interestingengineering.com)
this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2025
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This does not look real. I can’t put my finger as to why. It looks like good CGI but the lighting off the robot does not feel perfect.
I was curious why someone downvoted you, so I took a look at the video.
That is absolutely 100% CGI and I’m not sure why anyone is doubting that. I’m on mobile and I can still see it.
Take my upvote.
The biggest tell is at 0:21.
You see the badge flying around as a physics object and then, when the animation stops the left side part of the necklace "resets" and slides up on the bots neck despite that being like a ball suddenly deciding to go from a rest to rolling up hill.
It looks like it went from being rendered as a physics object to slowing down enough that it returned to being a regular object attached to the model's rigging .
The badge, the soft landings, and the seams in the concrete blipping in and out were the biggest factors for me.
Edit for downvoter: Watch nothing but the concrete for the whole video. I think the badge moved too perfectly and the landings didn’t seem to reflect physics, but the jitter on the concrete rendering is beyond unrealistic.