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Fake video shows robot school -man in badminton

Claim:

A video authentically shows a humanoid robot that beats people in a badminton game.

Evaluation:

A video that is said to be a humanoid robot that was distributed on social media on social media in early 2025 impressive, Fast moving trick shots that imply a professional, masterful degree of skill.

Users have shared the video via social media platforms as possible X ((archived), Facebook ((archived) And Tiktok ((archived). In the popular post via X, when it was translated with Google, he translates from Chinese in English: “If a robot made in China would take part in the Olympic Games, which athletes in the country would dare to challenge him?”

The viral video that represents a robot that plays badminton against two human players Robot. Hence snopes has evaluated this claim as a fake.

The original video seemed to come from a Viagietnamese Tikok account, which concentrated on badminton, which was also presented numerous other Videos From experienced players who perform spectacular badminton performance in the same court in the alleged robot video, based on the surrounding area and markings on the square.

The video in question was posted ((archived) In the account on December 12, 2023 and sits at 14.3 million views at the time of this writing.

The sharp spectators of the manipulated robot videos notice details of the court, movements, sound Effects And even the shadow of the robot fits exactly with the original video, whereby only the figure has changed itself. Certainly an impressive performance on the badminton court, albeit a human.

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The fake video has been divided online since at least December 2023, as the X account for D-Intent data, the biography of which is: “Propaganda and fake news recognition center, a news research organization for messages that focus on neutral factual testing and intentions,” made one post ((archived) expose the video.

In addition in a follow-up post ((archived), D-Intent data claimed: “It had nothing to do with robots. Intention: Users circulate digitally changed videos as real to achieve the spotlight on social media with clickbait and project fake technical superiority.”

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