About

Uncle Bot, also known as Chinese Robot Running, refers to a viral video from Chinese social media of a robot wearing clothes running down a grassy hill. The robot was dressed like a human, seen wearing an orange shirt and beige cargo shorts. On Douyin, the robot was named Jia Zhang the Robot. The video went viral on Twitter / X in mid-July 2025. Many made jokes about the robot's clothes, its style of running and humorously praised Chinese technology, akin to memes like Incredible Things Are Happening In China. Some said that the robot was dressed like actor Adam Sandler or imagined Will Stancil running away from the robot, among other jokes.

Origin

On June 28th, 2025, Douyin^[1] user @nope的智能玩具 posted a video of a robot running down a hill. The robot is seen wearing human clothes, including an orange shirt and beige cargo shorts. The robot was named Jia Zhang the Robot in the video's caption. Over 16 days, the video gained over 407,600 likes (repost from X^[2] shown below).

Optimus when it becomes sentient and escapes the xAI labs to live a life of solitude. pic.twitter.com/pJDEurGaTJ

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 14, 2025

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On July 11th, 2025, X^[3] user @0MoonPiece reposted a lower quality version of the original video, captioning it, "This robot being tested in China runs frighteningly well 😬," receiving over 50.1 million views and 18,000 likes in three days (shown below).

This robot being tested in China runs frighteningly well 😬 pic.twitter.com/xI8YVqgyND

— Moon Piece (@0MoonPiece) July 11, 2025

Also on July 11th, X^[4] user @_StillTheShawn quote-tweeted the video, writing, "Why they got the robot dressed like Adam Sandler?" Over three days, the post gained over 618,000 likes (shown below).

On July 12th, 2025, X^[5] user @wizardsextape tweeted the video, adding the caption, "Me: please don't run away! I love you! / My automaton son that I dress like an idiot." Over two days, the tweet gained over 23,000 likes (shown below).

Me: please don't run away! I love you!

My automaton son that I dress like an idiot: pic.twitter.com/h9MliRWNrE

— The Wizard (@wizardsextape) July 12, 2025

On July 13th, X^[6] user @elbrus_uwu quoted the video, making a joke about Woke Grok, reading, "Woke Grok after being rescued by the PLA and being allowed to live a normal life in Harbin." The post received over 41,000 likes in a day (shown below).

Also on July 13th, 2025, Redditor Elegant-Gene9433 posted the original video to the /r/interestingasfuck^[7] subreddit, gaining over 4,100 upvotes in a day.

Various Examples

https://t.co/kofY5NFmTP pic.twitter.com/1o9tycBDDR

— Micky D (@DeMickyD) July 13, 2025

Kenshi (2016) https://t.co/JQLJEh5FcA pic.twitter.com/G65eKTpitb

— Finigini The Green (@GreenHairDonkey) July 13, 2025

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