The unveiling of “Mohammed,” the first “male” humanoid robot developed in Saudi Arabia, did not go as planned by its creators, as a video of the robot making an inappropriate gesture went viral on social media, Business Insider reports.

QSS, a Saudi robotics company, unveiled Muhammad the Humanoid Robot at the DeepFest conference in Riyadh last week. In a post on “X,” the former Twitter network, the company described Mohamed as “Saudi’s first humanoid robot,” adding that its development is a project aimed at highlighting Saudi Arabia’s achievements in artificial intelligence research.

But while filming a demonstration of the robot, journalist Rawiya Kassem of Saudi television Al Arabiya discovered that the robot’s developers still need to work on the AI ​​system that controls its movements.

The video, which went viral and was widely commented on social networks, shows how during the presentation “Mohammed” reaches out and touches the bottom of the journalist, who at this moment seems surprised, but continues his report in a professional manner.

After the images went viral on social media, QSS told Metro that the robot is “fully autonomous” and that it operates “independently without direct human control.”

The Saudi company also said that its employees present at DeeFest “informed in advance all attendees, including journalists, to keep a safe distance from the robot during its demonstration.”

QSS said it reviewed the video of the moment that went viral, as well as the wider circumstances of the incident, but found no “deviations from expected behavior” by “Mohammed”.

However, the company has promised to take additional measures to prevent similar incidents in the future, with a firm ban on approaching the robot.