Companies like 1X and Unitree are spending millions trying to build robot companions. But why aren't they in our homes yet? And why is it so hard to build a humanlike robot that can interact with people without it feeling awkward or uncanny? To find out, Business Insider visited two robotics companies taking very different approaches to building robots that can communicate naturally with humans.
00:00 - Intro
01:14 - Realbotix Designs Robots
03:40 - Testing Realbotix Robot
07:14 - Challenges of Making Humanoid Robots
07:59 - Uncanny Valley
08:54 - Reflex Robotics
09:36 - Testing Reflex Robot
11:00 - Remote Robot Operators
13:20 - Robot Design Challenges
14:50 - Robot Rap
17:14 - End Credits
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