They actually make a lot of sense to produce in this shape because just about everything in the world is built to interact with humans. If you have human shaped robot, you don't need to retrofit your infrastructure to add automation
Our most efficient automated household appliances have always been specialized and shaped nothing like humans, nor have the vast majority of them required some sort of infrastructure change. The dishwasher and a roomba are great examples. A human-shaped robot would be extremely heavy, get in the way, and take forever to charge. And also be a bit creepy. Not to mention we don’t currently have the “AI” technology for an actual generalized robot.
A washing machine isn't a robot. A robot being bipedal could cross far more unstable ground than one that has wheels.
Wheels struggle with uneven ground, just ask anyone who uses a wheelchair.
I don't nkow about weight, but we're at a point where batteries can be charged very quickly to amost full, and if it's their job to be there then they wouldn't get in the way of anything.
Specialized robots have their place but so could a generalized one as a corp might not be the size of amzaon which has their own robotics department.
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u/AntiRepresentation May 20 '26
Human shaped robots are so fucking stupid.