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World's first robot molestation case: the regulatory blind spots behind a 16-year-old girl's assault by a humanoid robot in Cologne

Late at night on October 11, a 16-year-old girl outside a fast-food restaurant in Cologne, Germany, was touched on the buttocks from behind by a 1.2-meter-tall Iron Man-shaped humanoid robot that also made sexually suggestive movements; two young people livestreamed the entire incident, and police found the robot and two mobile phones in the trunk of a nearby car, investigating the robot's 16-year-old owner and his 19-year-old companion on suspicion of sexual insult.

Part of the event: Cologne Police Seize Remote-Controlled Humanoid Robot and Investigate Operator

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