The most feared scene in science fiction movies has just happened in real life, a viral video from China shows a Unitree humanoid robot collapsing during a test and uncontrollably attacking the engineers around it.

The robot's erratic behavior was so intense that some compared it to Terminator, the video spread quickly on social networks and brought with it a question that we have to face head on. Are we really prepared to live with humanoid robots that become smarter faster and now potentially dangerous?

The protagonist of this story is the Unitree H1, one of the most advanced humanoid robots in China and if you remember it is the same one that supposedly attacked a crowd in China, if you have not seen the video I present it to you above, with an estimated price of 650,000 yuan almost $9,000 it already holds the record for the fastest bipedal robot in the world.

During the lunar festival in China, another H1 robot was launched into a crowd, scaring hundreds of people. The reason is unknown until now, and a programming error is also suspected.

And during a test in an officially identified factory, the robot collapsed, held by a support the Unitree H1 begins to shake violently, moving arms and legs in an uncoordinated manner, knocking over equipment and almost hitting the engineers who were monitoring it.

The initial suspicion was a coding error in the control system, a simple boot but terrifying consequences, this type of robot is programmed to execute precise and controlled movements but in this case the safety barriers failed, what saved it was being restrained.

What was seen was a sequence of aggressive actions that no operator could foresee, the team had to act quickly to force the robots to stop. And what makes this even more disturbing is the general context, Unitre has plans to commercialize humanoids for factories, transportation and even reception services.

This model is strong, fast and autonomous, it is already the second time that we see it fail to react violently, on social networks the video caused a true collective emotional collapse. Comparisons to Robocop, Terminator and I Robot exploded phrases like "This is just the beginning" or "we're creating our own ending" dominated the comments and as I already mentioned this wasn't even the only recent incident.

And what does this reveal, the line between fiction and reality is blurring and errors are becoming more and more real. It cannot be denied that humanoid robots represent an industrial, medical and even domestic revolution.

With it becoming more and more autonomous and increasingly sensitive sensors who guarantee that these systems do not make wrong decisions in critical situations, the Unitree case is a warning, the technology may be admirable but when it comes to machines that walk, think and now shake violently, the question changes.

And if the next error does not occur in a testing center, but in a school, hospital or shopping center, even worse and if it is not an error but a decision of a future intelligent machine.