I find sixthtone kinda weird for a "state media" even before...Vocational programs are spreading fast to retrain workers automated out of a job, but not without their own difficulties.
I heard they spent a million USD of VC money to make the cgi for their trailers. Figure's a movie company, not a robot company. Adcock should find a career in Hollywood.New Figure03 robot video.
SoftBank to buy ABB's robot business for $5.4 billion in push to merge AI and robotics
Yeah,masayochi their CEO used to be so good in finding promising tech companies to finance/ buy market share from. However ,this past years after Covid, they have multiplied wrong investments and even sold all their stake a year ago in their most lucrative investment Alibaba, especially now that Alibaba is growing as one of the main world leaders in AI and cloud.More dumbass malinvestments by SoftBank.
Bipedal humanoid robots are good for environments where you do not want to or cannot change the uneven or unlevelled floors. They also likely require less floor space compared to wheeled robots for the same capacity. So they will be easier to fit in crowded places or rooms with narrow passages.
Agibot robot hand is pretty good and I think this is more important in robot development than getting bipedal to work like humans.