Humanoid robots lose balance without power, so companies avoid homes with small children
binarybits · x · 2026-09-05
- A wild detail from binarybits on AI:AM: humanoid robots aren't passively stable — lose power and they fall over, or worse, thrash around trying to regain balance.
- As a result, most humanoid companies planning deployments say they won't enter homes with small children.
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