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‘It’s the robot we were all expecting – like C3PO’: why aren’t humanoids in our homes yet?

Tesla and others are trying to infuse robots with artificial intelligence, yet their development is dogged by technical and safety challenges. But the dream of a multipurpose domestic droid lives on

The Guardian - UK

Why Peggy Johnson went from Magic Leap to a humanoid robot startup

The former Microsoft exec was attracted to a hardware business that had found product-market fit.

Fortune

Agility Robotics’ humanoid robot has its first real job—at a Spanx factory

CEO Peggy Johnson said the robot can lift up to 50 pounds and is ideally suited for the kind of repetitive, backbreaking work that leads to injuries when done by humans.

Fortune

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How AI Powerhouse Nvidia Validates Humanoid Robots With New Initiative

Humanoid robots leaped from a curiosity to the next big thing after Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang touted the emerging technology.

Investors Business Daily

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

Building a robot that’s both human-like and useful is a decades-old engineering dream inspired by popular science fiction

The Independent UK

Fears of employee displacement as Amazon brings robots into warehouses

Digit will begin its time on the floor by shifting empty tote boxes amid concerns humans will be shifted out of jobs

The Guardian - US

No, this robot didn't collapse from exhaustion after 'a long day's work'

A video with nearly 5 million views on Twitter shows a robot collapsing to the ground after putting away some boxes. According to those who shared the post, the robot collapsed after a "long day's work" which caused it to deactivate itself from exhaustion. However, the scene actually took place…

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Humanoid robots are coming to a warehouse near you

A new robot named Digit can lift and move boxes alongside humans.

Axios

Amazon Invests In Israeli Robotics Firm BionicHIVE

E-commerce giant backs startup developing an autonomous warehouse robot, as well as four U.S. tech firms.

Zenger

Just make the Amazon and Tesla job-killing robots kiss already

Amazon's $1 billion Industrial Innovation Fund is throwing major funds behind Agility Robotics' bi-pedal delivery robot, Digit.

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