Man yells at cleaning robot at Oxley Tower & knocks it over

Man fights cleaning robot at Oxley Tower after ‘arguing’ with it

A seemingly intoxicated man recently engaged in a fight with a cleaning robot at Oxley Tower.

25-year-old university student Mr Damien Thor uploaded a video showing the incident on TikTok, which has garnered more than 400,000 views at the time of writing.

The video showed a man locked in an intense ‘argument’ with the robot at about 3am on Tuesday (26 Nov).

Image courtesy of Damien Thor

“This is Singapore.” He told the robot in an aggressive tone.

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The robot did not appear to argue back.

After repeatedly cussing at the robot in Hokkien, the man physically attacked the robot.

He showcased his ‘martial arts skills’ by grabbing his opponent and pushing it over onto its ‘face’.

Image courtesy of Damien Thor

The robot lit up red and emitted a beeping sound from the ground

“He win one on one,” The caption read.

After emerging victorious, the man confidently strode away from his fallen ‘opponent’.

Image courtesy of Damien Thor

Mr Thor and his friends, filming from across McCallum Street, burst into non-stop laughter at the sight. He told MS News that the incident went on for five minutes.

He also said they did not know the man, who had allegedly been drinking at a bar.

Due to it being late and having to work the next day, they decided not to get involved with the ‘fight’.

“No worries of AI taking over in Singapore,” Mr Thor jokingly wrote in the TikTok post.

Netizens suggest he fought a security robot

A netizen sarcastically congratulated the man for having to pay the robot’s repair costs.

Source: TikTok

Another commenter said the man’s opponent was a security robot and not a cleaning robot as the OP assumed.

They suggested that the man could be speaking to someone controlling the machine remotely.

Source: TikTok

Meanwhile, this user joked that the robot would have had a better chance to win if it had hands.

Source: TikTok

MS News has reached out to Oxley Holdings for comments on the incident and will update this article when they get back.

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Featured image courtesy of Damien Thor.