A customer walks up to a humanoid robot named Syoma inside Volga Store 64 in Saratov, Russia, tries a handshake, then shoves it. Syoma responds with a kicking motion. Staff members run up to it and turn it off. This clip, which dates back to September 2, 2026, has been doing rounds since then, but nothing has been said by someone who was aware of what took place.

Behind all this speculation, there are only very few confirmed facts. Syoma was........

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