Do we really need humanoid robots? “We’re trying to make robots that can operate in human spaces.”Agility Robotics’ robot Digit performs maneuvers in August at the company’s office in Pittsburgh. NAVIGATING HUMAN SPACESAI engineer Jenna Reher works on humanoid robot Figure 01 on Oct. 3 at Figure AI’s test facility in Sunnyvale, California. “That led to development of a new robot that was not really a humanoid, but had several characteristics of a humanoid,” he said via an emailed message. Walking is “not the hardest problem to solve in humanoid robotics,” said Geordie Rose, co-founder and CEO of British Columbia, Canada-based startup Sanctuary AI.

Source: Taipei Times November 07, 2023 15:40 UTC