A “male” humanoid robotic brought on fairly a stir when it appropriately grabbed a feminine reporter’s rear throughout its unveiling in Saudi Arabia final week.

“Muhammad the Humanoid Robot” was debuted by Saudi robotics firm QSS at DeepFest in Riyadh.

“I am Muhammad, the first Saudi robot in the form of a man. I was manufactured and developed here in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a national project to demonstrate our achievements in the field of artificial intelligence” mentioned Android Mohammad @qltyss, the primary bilingual male… pic.twitter.com/SKLgOz3pal

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The robotic speaks Arabic and English and is wearing conventional Saudi apparel.

Throughout the robotic’s presentation, Al Arabiya reporter Rawya Kassem stood in entrance of it to talk to the viewers.

As Kassem spoke, the robotic slowly lifted its hand to the touch her backside.

Kassem gave the robotic a grimy look and raised her hand as if she was going to slap it, earlier than returning to what she was saying.

Saudi Arabia unveils its man formed AI robotic Mohammad, reacts to reporter in its first look pic.twitter.com/1ktlUlGBs1

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The incident was captured on video and went viral on social media.

QSS informed The Metro that Mohammad was “fully autonomous” and was working “independently without direct human control” when it grabbed Kassem.

The corporate added that its workers had “proactively informed all attendees, including reporters, to maintain a safe distance from the robot during its demonstration.”

“We have already conducted a thorough review of the footage and the circumstances surrounding the incident and there was no deviations from expected behavior of Mohammad, however we will take additional measures to prevent anyone getting close to the Robot within its areas of movement.”