Forbes December 8, 2025
A few short months ago, almost every robot made by the hundreds of companies working on humanoid robots could charitably be described as slow, topping out at around three mph. Walking was on the edge of plodding, and arm movements bordered on sluggish and awkward. But just this weekend, we saw a robot running quickly, gracefully, and smoothly.
That’s one clear signal that robots – and other machines that are getting eyesight and intelligence – are evolving quicker now than ever before.
“All of a sudden giving AI a body is becoming economically viable at scale,” says Mat Gilbert, director of AI and data at Synapse, in a recent TechFirst interview.
The costs to embed AI in physical hardware are...
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