That still seems pretty remarkable to me that they're able to do such complex things via remote control (wireless, with multiple robots in the room). I'd love to see what sort of setup the operators were using, and how much the robot did on its own.
They had things like this in the 80s before VFX became the norm when making movies. Although not wireless back then the puppeteering rigs were very fluid and sophisticated. Nowadays we have teleoperated robots for surgery. There is a video online of a person folding origami with one of those and the dexterity is incredible.
We have teleoperated robotic arms for surgery. We do not have practical humanoid robots and have never had practical, productized teleoperated humanoid robots.
I wonder if the humans, in whatever control rig they had, have to act 'robotic', or if the rig is just some sort of pose interpolator which naturally adds the robotic characteristics by way of literally being a robot
This could have been the story that cast them in a positive light, if they were honest about it. They were beyond dishonest. Operators at the event were instructed not to give a clear answer when attendees asked if the robots were autonomous or not. It's like going to disney world and asking "are you the real mickey mouse" except the investors actually need to know if its mickey mouse (spoiler: it wasn't)
