Boston Dynamics CEO says humanoids should be superhuman, not human
___Mufasaa · x · 2026-07-28
Amanda McMaster, interim CEO of Boston Dynamics, says the point of a humanoid robot is not to be human, but to do more than humans can.
- Robots should not be constrained by the limits of the human body.
- The goal is to augment human labor, not replace people.
- Her remarks were made on the MACHINA Summit stage, a major physical AI event in Europe.
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