Humanoid Robots Are Here, But They’re A Little Awkward
CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME TO REHER INSTEAD OF REHE - AI engineer Jenna Reher works on humanoid robot Figure 01 at Figure AI's test facility in Sunnyvale, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Figure plans to start with a relatively simple use case, such as in a retail warehouse, but aims for a commercial robot that can be "iterated on like an iPhone" to perform multiple tasks to take up the work of humans as birth rates decline around the world. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Building a robot that’s both human-like and useful is a decades-old engineering dream inspired by popular science fiction. While the latest artificial intelligence craze has…


