A streamer's humanoid hit him on air. There is no standard yet that says it should not.
The Westcol incident, what the robot was, and where humanoid safety standards actually stand.
What happened
On 8 October, during a Kick stream with the singer Blessd, Colombian streamer Westcol’s humanoid robot struck him on the back of the head. It then kicked a glass display case, broke it, and fell over. He was not seriously hurt.
Some English-language coverage credited the robot to Promobot, and one outlet called it a Unitree G1. Neither holds up: no source names Promobot, and the robot is reported at about 1.73 m, where a G1 is around 1.3 m. Colombian coverage calls it a “T800”, which is also the name of a 1.73 m humanoid made by EngineAI, but no source we found names the maker. We are treating it as unconfirmed.
Where the standards are
There is no finished safety standard for humanoids. ISO 25785-1, which covers robots that have to balance actively to stay upright, is still a working draft; estimates for publication run from late 2026 to 2028. The existing industrial robot standards were written for arms bolted to the floor and do not cover walking machines.
Why it matters here
The same robot is booked to fight Blessd’s at Stream Fighters 5 on 14 November. Events with robots near people need published limits on what those robots may do. We will set those limits for anything we host.