No, this Robot is not the bodyguard of the King of Bahrain - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 18, 2020
A post with the video of a robot seen walking behind a man in thawb is doing rounds on social media with a claim that the robot is the bodyguard of the King of Bahrain. Also, according to the post the robot is equipped with a 360-degree camera and inbuilt pistols. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Video of a robot claimed to be the bodyguard of the king of Bahrain.
Fact: According to a news article, the name of the robot is Titan. It is the world’s first entertainment robot developed by a British company called Cyberstein. It is featured in the International Defense Exhibition (Idex) in 2019 in Abu Dhabi (UAE). Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Reverse image search of the screenshots of the video led us to a news article dated 19 February 2019, which published the image of the same robot. According to the article, the name of the robot is Titan and it is featured in the International Defense Exhibition (Idex) in 2019 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Also, according to the article, Titan is the world’s first entertainment robot developed by a British company called Cyberstein. An extended version of the video can be seen here.
When we compare the screenshots of the video in the post with that of the image in the article, we found some similarities pertaining to the military vest that the robot had adorned and also the UAE flags on the chest, arm and shoulder part of the robot. This proves that both the video in the post and the article are representing the same robot. According to the article, the robot has nothing to do with the King of Bahrain. Also, in the article, it is nowhere mentioned that the robot is equipped with a 360-degree camera or inbuilt pistols.
Also, we could not find any articles related to robot bodyguard of the king of Bahrain.
To sum it up, the robot in the post has nothing to do with the king of Bahrain.
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