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Nov 7, 2023

Humanoid robots are here, but they’re a little awkward. Do we really need them?

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Building a robot that’s both human-like and useful is a decades-old engineering dream inspired by popular science fiction. While the latest artificial intelligence craze has sparked another wave of investments in the quest to build a humanoid, most of the current prototypes are clumsy and impractical, looking better in staged performances than in real life. That hasn’t stopped a handful of startups from keeping at it. The intention is not to…

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