Today’s humanoid robots look remarkable, but there’s a design flaw holding them back

Today’s humanoid robots look remarkable, but there’s a design flaw holding them back

Time for a rethink? Wikimedia, CC BY-SAWatch Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot doing training routines, or the latest humanoids from Figure loading a washing machine, and it’s easy to believe the robot revolution is here. From the outside, it seems the only remaining challenge is perfecting the AI (artificial intelligence) software to enable these machines to handle real-life environments. But the industry’s biggest players know there is a deeper pro…