“We’re trying to make robots that can operate in human spaces.”Do we even need humanoids? “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. So humanoid research led to a useful non-humanoid robot.”Some startups aiming for human-like machines focused on improving the dexterity of robotic fingers before trying to get their robots to walk. 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. “Forever more, human- centric robots like that are going to be part of human life.

Source: The Hindu November 06, 2023 06:26 UTC