This Morning presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary welcomed Harold the robot to the sofa this morning (February 27).
However, the £35k piece of tech malfunctioned live on air, causing the hosts to ask: “Is he okay?!”
Harold the robot collapsed to the floor as he made his This Morning debut (Credit: ITV)
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This Morning robot collapses live on air
Harold opened the show alongside Dermot and Alison today. The robot was on the show alongside John from the University of Huddersfield.
He explained that the uni is currently using Harold as a research project, seeing how he could help with assisted living.
“Is it just a normal battery he’s running on? AA?” asked Alison, as John attempted to turn Harold on.
“Always the way, never work with errr…,” said John, as Harold clanged to the floor with a loud bang.
“Oh no!” Dermot exclaimed. “Oh gosh,” said Alison. “What have we done?!” asked Dermot. “Do you know what, he’s been working all morning, remember, he’s been working, rehearsing,” said Alison.
“Is he okay?” Dermot asked.
A flustered John confirmed: “He’s totally fine. It’s a controller error I think.”
Alison – who covered for Cat Deeley earlier this week – and Dermot then started to giggle. “Does he need water?” Alison asked. “WD40?” quipped Dermot.
“There we go, he’s back on his feet,” said Alison, as Harold was asked to show off some martial arts.
“They’re quite resilient,” said John. “If he falls down he can get back up again.”
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