Online TJournal noted the lack of sensors, human-like movements and other discrepancies.
Russian media say a contraption presented by Russian state television as a high-tech robot was in fact a man in a commercially available robot costume.
The footage was shot at a high-tech show in the city of Yaroslavl, featuring "Boris the Robot".
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