Comment by eru
6 hours ago
I wouldn't be so categorical. There might be some applications, or combination of applications for which a humanoid form factor would be useful. It's just that for most applications, more specialised forms are better suited.
Exactly. Existing paths, entryways, factories, etc. are human-sized and -shaped (or car, or other vehicle).
Only once you build greenfield, e.g. new factories, making specially shaped and sized robots for automation jobs becomes worth considering, IMO.
Pretty much all existing factory automation has _not_ used humanoid robots.
Hm, true that. I’m guessing because the typical factory was already larger/taller than human height? (Thinking of e.g. car production)