Repairing Humanoid Robots Highlights Lack of US Hardware Mfg Ecosystem
heatherknight · x · 2026-08-02
Roboticist Heather Knight shared an anecdote about the repair ecosystem for humanoid robots. After forgetting her robot charger, local workshops in Turkey manufactured a new one to spec in under 24 hours. She noted that bringing these foundational manufacturing and repair skills back to the US would greatly benefit the robotics industry.
This follows a comment from another company suggesting that the best humanoid robot repair businesses are those whose core model involves breaking/fighting them, giving them unmatched repair experience across various models.
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