Forbes March 17, 2025
Jim McGregor

People have been dreaming about intelligent humanoid robots since the introduction of the beloved family maid Rosey on The Jetsons in the early 1960s. However, bringing robots into everyday life has been slow and challenging. Like any new technology application, it takes an entire ecosystem to evolve to make the application practical, especially for consumer use. In the past 60 years, we have seen the evolutions in semiconductors, sensors, wireless interfaces, hydraulics, electrics motors, positioning solutions, gyroscopes, accelerometers, and battery technology, which are all required in a complex robotic system. During that time, robots have advanced significantly to do complex tasks in manufacturing, warehouses, operating rooms, and even our homes. Yes, the robotic vacuum is still a robot. But they...

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