via Latest & Breaking News on Fox News <p>We're in the era of robotics before they enslave the human race, when we make them do fun stuff like fold our clothes and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.foxnews.com/travel/airline-flight-delayed-bizarre-reason-humanoid-robot-triggers-safety-query">board Southwest flights</a>.</p><p>However, I think we're playing it fast and loose because all it's going to take is one embarrassing Michael Jackson impression for a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://https://www.foxnews.com/category/tech/technologies/robots">robot</a> to go, "You know what? I'm done dancing for these meatbags," and rally its pals for a global takeover.</p><p>And now I believe we have that embarrassing, ill-fated Michael Jackson impression.</p><p>According to the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-15833609/Watch-moment-robot-collapses-dancing.html">Daily Mail</a>, a video of a humanoid robot cutting a rug to the King of Pop's hit "Billie Jean" at a Future Era robot store in Shenzhen, China, has gone viral, and deservedly so.</p><p>It's absolutely hilarious.</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/tech/technologies/robots">Humanoid robots</a> flipping out when they fall is my new favorite genre of viral video. I didn't think it would be possible to supplant people getting hurt on trampolines or French bulldogs surfing, but here we are.</p><p>I love the foreshadowing that comes from the first trip after its quasi-moonwalk sashay across the stage.</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.foxnews.com/tech/chinas-compact-humanoid-robot-shows-off-balance-flips"><strong>CHINA'S COMPACT HUMANOID ROBOT SHOWS OFF BALANCE AND FLIPS</strong></a></p><p>It's my favorite thing about robots. I'm guessing it has to do with their array of sensors, but when a robot falls over, it starts flailing like a trout someone just hauled into their canoe. It's wild. I mean, we once saw a marathon-running bot <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/chinese-marathon-robot-falls-break-dances-pieces">break-dance itself to smithereens</a>.</p><p>So, you knew that if that robot accidentally crotch-grabbed or "Smooth Criminal" leaned itself into that step, there's going to be a problem.</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://link.podtrac.com/dmwdd_article"><strong>ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!</strong></a></p><p>And boy, were there.</p><p>As much as I love the initial robot face-plant, I don't think anything can top when the one guy has to come out and drag its lifeless robo-corpse offstage. The fact that they didn't even bother to pot down "Billie Jean" really helped make it a work of art, too.</p><p>Like I said, though, let's have our laughs now.</p><p>Because when robots decide they've had enough of us making them dance for our amusement, they'll be the ones laughing at us flailing on the floor.</p>https://ift.tt/Z8N5Bxy