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The video, which went viral on social media, shows a man dressed in traditional Arab attire walking ahead, followed by a large robot in a very polite manner.
King of Bahrain arrives in Dubai with his robot bodyguard fitted 360 with cameras and in built pistols. Technology moving very fast than ever in history. Now politicians might order this too pic.twitter.com/YK8aI65z4N
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The threat of the footsteps of a robot like a superpower shown in movies is attracting people and they are looking at this tall robot with their fingers crossed.
It was claimed on social media that the man dressed in Arabic was Bahrain's Sultan Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and that the robot was his personal bodyguard, armed with 360 cameras and numerous pistols.
A video from a verified Twitter account captioned that technology is advancing so fast that politicians will soon begin to have such protectors.
On the video, people expressed mixed feelings of surprise and fear.
However, the truth of this video was soon known, various reverse searches revealed that the person seen in the video is neither the Sultan of Bahrain nor this robot is his bodyguard.
This video is from February 18, 2019, when the robot was first introduced at the Abu Dhabi International Defense Exhibition. At 8 feet long and weighing 60 kilograms, the robot welcomed the exhibitors.
Named Titan and capable of speaking multiple languages, it is the world's first commercial entertainment robot developed by a British company.
The video, posted by the Gulf Times, shows the robot walking around talking to people in English and Arabic. Participants are seen eagerly watching and taking pictures with it.
The robot has 360 cameras and a gun, no claims have been made.
According to another report, the person in the viral video was Lt. Gen. Diab, chief of staff of the Bahrain Defense Force, who attended the exhibition.
