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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@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 🙏
@TE_-.-
February 15, 2026 at 9:34 am
saving this video for 2050
@JustSomeDood_1
February 15, 2026 at 9:56 am
Just hide it’s charger!
@Ausf
February 15, 2026 at 10:18 am
Use another robot to do it.
@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
@fuadmehrvarz4175
February 15, 2026 at 10:42 am
I thought it was too soon for a tutorial like this 😑
@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!
@Hollie-Yu
February 15, 2026 at 11:17 am
I can’t believe we have a tutorial for this.
@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 😂
@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.
@user-vi4xy1jw7e
February 15, 2026 at 11:50 am
I can’t wait for the robot uprising. I want to fight some clankers.
@marney514
February 15, 2026 at 12:03 pm
Kick’em in da 🔩 nuts 🔩
@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 😮
@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
@kingtrill1809
February 15, 2026 at 12:50 pm
Paint ball guns for the win🎉😂
@sabomusicllc
February 15, 2026 at 1:40 pm
There is no moral dilemma in destroying a robot
@hotdavesweet
February 15, 2026 at 1:42 pm
thank you for your video Mr. John Connor 🤣
@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.
@urbanstrencan
February 15, 2026 at 3:45 pm
Getting ready for Skynet 😅😅😅
@LordVordermort
February 15, 2026 at 3:54 pm
Can’t wait for 5 ways to seduce a robot next
@mgratk
February 15, 2026 at 5:03 pm
Mossberg, Benelli, and Winchester are just some of the best options.
@LA01AG
February 15, 2026 at 5:24 pm
No one mentioned water
@Ca5per314
February 15, 2026 at 7:13 pm
Lol love the star wars.
@KervaMaster199X
February 15, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Shotgun blast to the mother board? 😂😂
@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.
@dejiadeogun
February 15, 2026 at 10:04 pm
These are the kind of video we need to block from AI training data.🖐🏽
@WaynoGur
February 16, 2026 at 2:27 am
I prefer the go ahead. Make my day, approach.
@kozmickwe477
February 16, 2026 at 6:15 am
You could also ask nicely 😅
@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)?
@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.
@JigglyPKMN
February 17, 2026 at 4:58 am
Tape a piece of blue paper to your face and play dead.
@filipemiguel8754
February 17, 2026 at 5:35 am
SKYNET is taking down this video first ! 🤖
@Joseph-xe6yl
February 17, 2026 at 6:18 am
Please put a red button somewhere. In case it goes completely crazy on you.
@dnshable
February 17, 2026 at 7:58 am
A semi auto shotgun works best