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5 Ways to Neutralize a Robot (If You Had To)

With more humanoids entering the world than ever before, now is a great time to study these five tips for how to stop a robot in its tracks. Please use this knowledge responsibly. 0:00 The Rise of Humanoids in 2026 0:40 #1 – The Battery Pull: Finding the Center of Mass 1:41 #2 – Tripping…

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With more humanoids entering the world than ever before, now is a great time to study these five tips for how to stop a robot in its tracks. Please use this knowledge responsibly.

0:00 The Rise of Humanoids in 2026
0:40 #1 – The Battery Pull: Finding the Center of Mass
1:41 #2 – Tripping the Robot: Leg Tying & Physics
2:31 #3 – Blinding the Sensors: LiDAR & Visual Disruption
3:44 #4 – The Big Red Button: Emergency Stop Protocols
4:45 #5 – Seizing the Controls: Teleoperation & VR Hijacking
5:38 Handling Freeze Modes & Operator Errors
6:13 The Future of Robot Safety and Ethics

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42 Comments

  1. @TroupeGoal

    February 15, 2026 at 9:32 am

    Yikes “spazzing out”? Maybe a less offensive meaning in the US.

    • @mgratk

      February 15, 2026 at 4:58 pm

      It means “freaking out” or “going nuts” in the US, what does it mean to you, and what country are you in?

    • @TroupeGoal

      February 15, 2026 at 5:05 pm

      @mgratkoutside the US it’s kind of an offensive term against disabled people. One of those quirks where stuff has v different meanings. Ditto “pissed”

    • @JesseOrrall

      February 15, 2026 at 7:53 pm

      @TroupeGoal Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I did indeed mean it in the “freaking out” sense and was totally unaware of this connotation outside the US. Will not use this term in the future 🙏

  2. @TE_-.-

    February 15, 2026 at 9:34 am

    saving this video for 2050

  3. @JustSomeDood_1

    February 15, 2026 at 9:56 am

    Just hide it’s charger!

  4. @Ausf

    February 15, 2026 at 10:18 am

    Use another robot to do it.

  5. @notKhalid

    February 15, 2026 at 10:30 am

    I can’t believe. They can come up with these extremely impractical ways of immobilizing a robot. I might as well use an EMP with If there were a 6th way. Actually. Now when I think about it, I think it’s the most Practical way and effective way to do so.

    • @SolanumFeline835

      February 15, 2026 at 12:45 pm

      just dont have any electronics yourself then

    • @notKhalid

      February 15, 2026 at 2:04 pm

      @SolanumFeline835 if i’m in a situation where i have to immobilize a robot $500 phone would be least of my concerns

  6. @fuadmehrvarz4175

    February 15, 2026 at 10:42 am

    I thought it was too soon for a tutorial like this 😑

  7. @jatigre1

    February 15, 2026 at 11:17 am

    The “elephant in the room” will always be on how a hacked robot committed a homicide and is completely untraceable. EMPs are useless against a remotely controlled, shielded fiber-optic robot.

    • @SolanumFeline835

      February 15, 2026 at 12:46 pm

      fenestration will become an old relic! time for cybercrime!

  8. @Hollie-Yu

    February 15, 2026 at 11:17 am

    I can’t believe we have a tutorial for this.

  9. @nealpeterson

    February 15, 2026 at 11:40 am

    OPTION 6: A shotgun blast to the CPU.

    • @kozmickwe477

      February 16, 2026 at 6:12 am

      Nah, it’s running on the cloud 😂

  10. @JJs_playground

    February 15, 2026 at 11:44 am

    Lol. It’s crazy that we have to have Videos like this.
    What a time to be alive.

  11. @user-vi4xy1jw7e

    February 15, 2026 at 11:50 am

    I can’t wait for the robot uprising. I want to fight some clankers.

  12. @marney514

    February 15, 2026 at 12:03 pm

    Kick’em in da 🔩 nuts 🔩

  13. @PacoPacabell

    February 15, 2026 at 12:17 pm

    Once he mentioned the Hoth scene I was like…oh, he’s being humorous. The robots are coming, but there aren’t enough to worry yet. Plus home robots won’t be strong enough to overpower us. Atlas is incredible 😮

  14. @Pachinosin

    February 15, 2026 at 12:31 pm

    I can’t wait til humans finally wipe themselves out. Signs are there to stop yet they won’t

  15. @kingtrill1809

    February 15, 2026 at 12:50 pm

    Paint ball guns for the win🎉😂

  16. @sabomusicllc

    February 15, 2026 at 1:40 pm

    There is no moral dilemma in destroying a robot

  17. @hotdavesweet

    February 15, 2026 at 1:42 pm

    thank you for your video Mr. John Connor 🤣

  18. @MrJCMG

    February 15, 2026 at 1:56 pm

    Did not mention shooting (blowing up/otherwise damaging) the robot. As the technology evolves, this may be the only way to stop a rogue robot.

  19. @urbanstrencan

    February 15, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    Getting ready for Skynet 😅😅😅

  20. @LordVordermort

    February 15, 2026 at 3:54 pm

    Can’t wait for 5 ways to seduce a robot next

  21. @mgratk

    February 15, 2026 at 5:03 pm

    Mossberg, Benelli, and Winchester are just some of the best options.

  22. @LA01AG

    February 15, 2026 at 5:24 pm

    No one mentioned water

  23. @Ca5per314

    February 15, 2026 at 7:13 pm

    Lol love the star wars.

  24. @KervaMaster199X

    February 15, 2026 at 7:22 pm

    Shotgun blast to the mother board? 😂😂

  25. @JesseOrrall

    February 15, 2026 at 7:43 pm

    Thanks for watching y’all! Do you want more videos like this? Were there any other methods I missed? Let me know down below 🤖

    • @wenscael2166

      February 16, 2026 at 6:56 am

      I think this is a great concept, talking about robots (and other tech) in broader strokes like this. Maybe as a mirror piece to this a video about the sort of security systems associated with robots? Like things set up to specifically make sure some random person can’t just come up to a robot and take over control.

  26. @dejiadeogun

    February 15, 2026 at 10:04 pm

    These are the kind of video we need to block from AI training data.🖐🏽

  27. @WaynoGur

    February 16, 2026 at 2:27 am

    I prefer the go ahead. Make my day, approach.

  28. @kozmickwe477

    February 16, 2026 at 6:15 am

    You could also ask nicely 😅

  29. @mfrattali

    February 16, 2026 at 8:23 am

    Given that humans are (as yet) responsible for more violence than robots, will there be a companion video explaning how robots can disbable rampaging humans (in the most peaceful manner possible one hopes)?

  30. @Lannie4reel

    February 16, 2026 at 8:51 am

    Saving this video under Robot survival guide playlist..

    This could be vital to the rebellion.

    No even joking.

  31. @JigglyPKMN

    February 17, 2026 at 4:58 am

    Tape a piece of blue paper to your face and play dead.

  32. @filipemiguel8754

    February 17, 2026 at 5:35 am

    SKYNET is taking down this video first ! 🤖

  33. @Joseph-xe6yl

    February 17, 2026 at 6:18 am

    Please put a red button somewhere. In case it goes completely crazy on you.

  34. @dnshable

    February 17, 2026 at 7:58 am

    A semi auto shotgun works best

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