I think the problem started after the first stumble, and he came out of it re-oriented in the wrong direction. That moonwalk should have been across the stage, instead of toward the audience, so when he came out of it, he was expecting to head back across the stage, but instead he headed toward the back of the stage, and hit the stairs, where he just pitifully gave up.

Ngl the first save was impressive.

America doesn't stand a chance against China... In terms of break dancing robits

When I was young.... A 3,000kg humanoid robot trailed by 700m of cabling could take 3 steps before lighting itself on fire. And we were freaking out.

That's still pretty impressive, especially the first recovery.

Great, so not only do we have to fight robots for access to water, they can now emote over our broken bodies

Takeaway: if you're chased by a killer robot pull out a banana peel

The guy missed the opportunity to moonwalk while dragging the robot out

If it was me falling over the steps in a dance performance, I'd stay down after the second time too.

How amazing is that recovery after the first stumble?

The long pause where its just laying there with the lights still going and whatnot just sends me for some reason.

I dunno about Michael Jackson, but he's perfected the drunk uncle at a wedding.

You laugh now, but you'll remember these days fondly when the robot simply fell down instead of getting up and moonwalking while spraying bullets

It’s funny now, just wait till it’s Fortnite dancing while chasing you with a machine gun and a flaming sword.

The robot was once again defeated by its arch nemesis STAIRS

I’m imagining most robots like this will be goose-stepping instead of dancing, so the inability to dance is probably not a big deal.

Breakdancing

To be fair, I don't remember MJ being anywhere near stairs, at least not with crazy dance steps.

I know i dont know shit about robotics but really the absolute first thing they need to do is have a robot that can stand up after falling down. It's how humans learn to walk and it's really a prequisite to walking in general. You just shouldn't walk if you can't get up, that's why babies crawl until they learn to stand up from the floor.

Robby are you ok, are you ok Robby!?

Why did they let it dance so close to the steps? Was it supposed to walk up?

This is perfect drunk dancing strategy. If some stairs sneak up on you while you're getting in your groove, retreat to safe ground and recover dignity, before taking on the stairs directly for the final victory. Magnificent.

the comedic timing is simply impeccable

Anthropomorphic robots belong to a trashcan