The world is the installed base: the underrated case for humanoid robots
r0ck3t23 · x · 2026-09-24
A viewpoint thread on why humanoids matter: nearly all human tools were designed around the human body — doors, stairs, ladders, steering wheels, drills, shelves, kitchens, factory floors.
- A specialized machine often beats a humanoid at one task, but a humanoid can walk into a building nobody redesigned for it and use the same tools we do.
- The core argument: the world is already the installed base — get capable enough, and a humanoid inherits everything humanity spent centuries designing around its own shape.
- The post is a macro defense of the humanoid route against the "over-engineered" critique.
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