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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThere are inherent problems with humanoid design. Modern robotics is not a beauty contest or a human imitation contest, but an industry that demands efficiency, reliability, and profitability. And this is where humanoid design presents significant challenges:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
. Cost and Complexity: A robot with legs and arms is inherently more expensive and more difficult to manufacture than a simple mobile robot with wheels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
. Energy Consumption: Moving and balancing a bipedal body requires much more energy and battery power. This drastically reduces the robot's operational time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
. Lower Reliability: Having more joints and complex mechanisms makes it more expensive to ensure the robot's reliability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In industry, a robot must operate for more than 99.99% of its operational time. Manufacturers demand maximum reliability and the lowest possible consumption to ensure almost 100% operational capacity. A high failure rate or excessive recharging time makes the investment unprofitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, we see a large number of impressive prototypes and videos that generate a lot of interest. There are many companies, such as Figure AI or Boston Dynamics, testing and finding their place. But this is very different from the market reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Goods manufacturers are closely scrutinizing costs, return on investment, and actual operational capacity in industrial environments. It's one thing to have a robot demonstrating in a laboratory, but it's quite another to have thousands of units installed in factory environments operating 24\/7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Currently, the market is very curious, but there is little real demand for humanoid robots for general-purpose tasks. This is a novelty that must be realized with real economic results that justify its high cost compared to simpler, more robust, and cheaper automation solutions (such as fixed robotic arms or automated guided vehicles).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As always with technology, time will tell. But until then, analysts and investors would be wise to temper their enthusiasm with a dose of engineering realism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Views: 0 Hoy voy a reflexionar sobre la expectaci\u00f3n que existe al respecto de los robots humanoides, intentando diferenciar entre la fascinaci\u00f3n por los prototipos y la dura realidad de la rob\u00f3tica industrial. No hay revista t\u00e9cnica ni art\u00edculo de futurismo que no hable del inminente desembarco de estas m\u00e1quinas en f\u00e1bricas, almacenes e incluso […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[128,153,118,135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","category-industry","category-robots","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"\n