Even just 3.5 years ago, seemed like everyone was saying that humanoid robots were a dead end or an unnecessary part of Isaac Asimov's vision of the future or similar.
I think much of the current interest is because Musk watched some scifi, ordered the Optimus project, and loads of others decided it would be a mistake to bet against him.
I put them in the same category as 3D printers: they can do anything, but you can always find a better special-purpose alternative for any specific goal.
Still a lot of people using 3D printing productively despite that; likely also will be for humanoid robots.
Well, if the AI is good enough. Remote control has its uses, but even then you need enough on-board AI to avoid playing QUOP as live action with a robot holding industrial equipment instead of in a safe flash game.
That said, stamina is probably the least important aspect — in an industrial setting you probably have a lot of power lines already installed.
Sometimes you need to produce megatons of a thing, but sometimes you need to produce a million different things. I bet on the humanoid robot in that case.
Even just 3.5 years ago, seemed like everyone was saying that humanoid robots were a dead end or an unnecessary part of Isaac Asimov's vision of the future or similar.
I think much of the current interest is because Musk watched some scifi, ordered the Optimus project, and loads of others decided it would be a mistake to bet against him.
I put them in the same category as 3D printers: they can do anything, but you can always find a better special-purpose alternative for any specific goal.
Still a lot of people using 3D printing productively despite that; likely also will be for humanoid robots.
Well, if the AI is good enough. Remote control has its uses, but even then you need enough on-board AI to avoid playing QUOP as live action with a robot holding industrial equipment instead of in a safe flash game.
That said, stamina is probably the least important aspect — in an industrial setting you probably have a lot of power lines already installed.