Claim: The restocking robot in the video is located in Toronto, Canada, and the operator who controls the robot through VR headset makes $3.75 an hour.
Fact-check: Misleading: VR-controlled restocking robot video was shot in Japan, not in Canada or Philippines | annie lab
Verdict: misleading. the four-year-old clip shows a robot in a convenience store in tokyo controlled by a person sitting in an office 7.4 km away from the store.
Organisation: annie lab
Author: Jingyi Yu
Date published: 2024-07-20T02:13:08