Crawl, walk, run – that’s how you get humanoid robotics all grown up
It’s no longer a question of if – only when. The promise of humanoid robotics is finally crystallizing into a commercial reality.
This new era will create a sector with the heft to rival megaliths like automotive and computing.
But we’re not there yet, and though large and well-known manufacturers are investing billions in development, with some clear leaders, the robots themselves remain in adolescent stage.
My advice? Treat them like any other adolescents and don’t rush them into adulthood before they’re ready. Take a crawl walk run approach to innovation, build capability layer by layer, and let maturity emerge from momentum. This is the fastest way to win the race to commercial deployment and value.
Development teams are making progress by the day, stimulated and inspired by the obvious appeal of a robot shaped like a human, operating deftly and effectively in any environment designed for people, using existing...
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