Having been the guy doing the tech demo in front of hundreds of people... yeah we tested it and yeah it worked in the office and yeah it also failed on stage. That's how things go sometimes. Fortunately, last time it happened my awesome team fixed it while I was talking and I snuck in a working demo during another part of the talk. That doesn't fix the shame but at least we got to show off the good work.
That is the absolute best demonstration model they have. That company has nothing better in development, much less production. All they needed was for it to get through the presentation so they could get more money. This was the best they could do.
Reminds me of how James Brown and someone coming to get him because he looks exhausted but then he throws off the cape to resume his show with renewed vigour.
CouldntCakeLess
it ded
YuffieK
LokilairTTV
"Put a blanket on it!" - Catbug
idiotsonfire
Incompetent, worthless, completely embarrassing techbro self masturbatory fantasy.
Cloudypoona
I’ll fetch a rug, sir
Zuegma197777
Became a table.
Voojagig
Just throw a rug over it no one will notice.
Etereo
Works for the target audience. Memory of a goldfish
weidermeijer
Don’t use the nice rug or Mrs Archer will be pissed.
sherlockhanders31415
"We've got that big robot reveal press conference today, don't forget to bring the death blanket just in case."
buttstuph
QWOPbot 2026
rangerdood
QWOP
Krashtestdummy
TheWhiteBarry
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue
TheLeanWolf
Someone edit in a middle finger when its hand goes up
WatchTheWorldLearn
Robot: "Why do I exist?"
'Innovator ': "Serve drinks to pretentious tech wankers."
Robot: sudo rm -rf root/*
LurkingSarcasm
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1b2k3MGFsODZhaDJwdDk5bWowcWhvOWhvcmJxMmFrcHF6am50Z24xbiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/W4dFI8tprWXR7y3dgf/200w.webp
fartharder
Someone took out the command & control ship
AgamemnonsMemes
I love how they cover it up lol
Sebastopol140
Limbo!
LiterallyAWizard
"Better cover it up so that our failures aren't caught on camera" -Guy caught covering up failures on camera
beerkrump
He dead.
ShadeMeadowsArt
It did it on purpose 🤣
lonelyrangerofthedreams
Robocorpse
8ang
Governor module melted it down since its client was out of range. Sad.
PartyPack
Counting or not counting gang violence?
moaihead
You can't lock your knees like that.
fformulaa
Batteries on the logitech controller may have burnt out
Cornflakes91
the hands like "jo! jo!... im fine... im fine!"
gronzilla
to me it was more like the hands were trying to flip off the speaker that literally bored it to death
DVSBSTrD
Shouldn't have locked the knees.
OperatorWay
Beiki
Do they never test this shit before showing it to people?
OdinYggd
It probably was only barely working in testing, and something overheated or went out of sync during the demo.
sadurdaynight
"I don't care what the engineers say. It doesn't have to work completely. It just has to do a demo." (And this is how that goes)
GimcrackGewgaw
Having been the guy doing the tech demo in front of hundreds of people... yeah we tested it and yeah it worked in the office and yeah it also failed on stage. That's how things go sometimes. Fortunately, last time it happened my awesome team fixed it while I was talking and I snuck in a working demo during another part of the talk. That doesn't fix the shame but at least we got to show off the good work.
WaxedApple
That is the absolute best demonstration model they have. That company has nothing better in development, much less production. All they needed was for it to get through the presentation so they could get more money. This was the best they could do.
HenryLongfellowIII
This happens surprisingly often during tech presentations. See the original Robocop.
MayMayz4DayzYo
#Ed209DidNothingWrong
artificialrosa
The sheet cover kills me. lol.
BubblesTheFish
He's dead, Jim.
SilverDust133
The fact they had it ready says a lot.
fluxfusion3
Somebody call a priest !!
NeverEnoughFoxes
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1aDB2NTAwYXQzaG1wdjJhaWE5cmRnemtpcG4wM2tmMmg0a2h5MXQ4dyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/13d2jHlSlxklVe/200w.webp
ActionJohnnie
They had it pretty handy. Not the first time
SlayerOfGoat
And now he's dead.
SacrificialClam
PLEASE DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE DEAD ROBOT ON THE STAGE
SacrificialClam
This is what I was thinking when I said that
mandorsawalll
To prevent pictures for bad publicity
torquemada90
lmao, just why? why couldn't they just leave it?
BillyM00n
Reminds me of how James Brown and someone coming to get him because he looks exhausted but then he throws off the cape to resume his show with renewed vigour.
Hardest working robot in show business.
MrOne2
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1d3ZxOW80MGNzNDc5dGp1NDF4djEzNDU0dmJyMmN2emk1NmV1ZjMzNiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/60b7JvNxmpc9RmSnmz/200w.webp
BleachedPP
the robot too!
artificialrosa
jbrightmans
Heh been there!
torokunai
The Drape of Shame
YouRadicalizedMe
The dude should crawl under too
amtronic
Cue Law And Order theme music.
YuffieK
Or CSI: Miami...
sadurdaynight
It looks like he couldn't...(puts on sunglasses)...stand being there.
MayMayz4DayzYo