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Some Chinese exhibitors flexed their advances at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on Monday, showing robotic capabilities that ranged from talking to humans, punching and sand painting to doing backflips and catching suspects with nets during security patrol demonstrations.
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ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Get ready for more backflips, Milwaukee.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Ilia Malinin mid-backflip during the men's free skating program of the 2026 ISU Figure Skating World Championships in Prague on March 28, 2026.
—CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
One advantage of this double-backflip cyclical remixing is that Sokolov also has a deep respect for practical effects and stunt work.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Get ready for more backflips, Milwaukee.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Ilia Malinin mid-backflip during the men's free skating program of the 2026 ISU Figure Skating World Championships in Prague on March 28, 2026.
—CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
One advantage of this double-backflip cyclical remixing is that Sokolov also has a deep respect for practical effects and stunt work.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Backflip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backflip. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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backflip
noun
back·flip
-ˌflip 
: a backward somersault especially in the air
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