Robots can be your helper, not your enemy, says robotics firm CEO
Robots will take on human jobs, but not in the way you most fear, said Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter at Yahoo Finance's Invest conference.
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Robots will take on human jobs, but not in the way you most fear, said Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter at Yahoo Finance's Invest conference.
In this endeavour, the Chinese government plans to nurture young companies focused on humanoid robotics, set industry standards, develop talent in this domain, and foster deeper international cooperation.
The government is backing burgeoning robotics firms to ensure the ambitious plan comes to fruition.
Do we even need humanoids? Hurst makes a point of describing Agility's warehouse robot Digit as human-centric, not humanoid, a distinction meant to emphasize what it does over what it's trying to be.
Human After All The Chinese government is pushing mass production of humanoid robots — and apparently wants it done in the next few years. As the South China Morning Post reports, the country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has issued a nine-page advisory calling on the country's manufacturing sector to "establish a humanoid robot […]