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Sidebean — Humanoid Robots = Hype? | Sidebean. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
Why are we obsessed with building robots that look like us? Bustin Dynamics revealed the first human-arrowa 12 years ago, and it looked like it was just a matter of time until you had one of these pouring your coffee, right? But what has been poured is money. Billions of dollars not just into Bustin Dynamics, but into dozens of companies that have yet to deliver on the promise. It almost leaves you wondering if human-arrowats are just viral video machines rather than productivity machines.
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