Humiliation for Putin as Russian robot version of him falls over as it is unveiled

A Russian robot version of Vladimir Putin fell over as it was unveiled (Image: Getty)

A humanoid robot "walking and looking like Vladimir Putin" took an embarrassing tumble on its debut outing. Russia’s first AI-powered anthropomorphic android waddled onto the stage while the soundtrack from the film Rocky played at its presentation in Moscow.

It managed a wave before crashing face down, scattering several pieces across the stage. Embarrassed minders rushed to rescue the robot, named AIdol, as two more assistants tried hide it from onlookers with a black sheet. Staff then rushed to drag AIdol off the flooor, as captured in footage shared by independent Russian outlets.

The robot fell over while being debuted on stage. (Image: east2west news/Will Stewart)

Vladimir Vitukhin, CEO of Russian robotics firm Idol, said the fall was caused by calibration issues while the robot is still in its testing phase.

He said: "This is real-time learning, when a good mistake turns into knowledge, and a bad mistake turns into experience ... I hope that this mistake will turn into an experience."

AIdol runs on a 48-volt battery that gives it up to six hours of continuous operation. It was also built using 77% Russian-made components, but Idol wants to increase this to 93%.

Handers attempted to hide AIdol from onlookers. (Image: east2west news/Will Stewart)

Vitukhin added: "The robot can smile, think, and be surprised - just like a person."

His company said the robot uses AI to move, manipulate objects, and have human-like interactions.

Reports claim AIdol is capable of a dozen basic human emotions and hundreds of micro-expressions.

However, it has now been temporarily remoced from public view while engineers test its balance systems and control software.