microagi partners with ElevenLabs to give robots natural voice-based human interaction
Scobleizer · x · 2026-09-26
Robotics startup microagi announced a partnership with ElevenLabs to give robots natural, voice-driven interaction.
- Core thesis: language is central to human connection and will be central to human-robot connection; talking to a robot should feel as natural as asking the person next to you, with no screen or control panel.
- The post argues full human-robot interaction (HRI) — voice, non-verbal commands, memory, in-context learning — is the big missing piece for consumer robots, while most teams focus on only one or two pieces.
- microagi's language-first HRI approach is framed as a step toward robots living alongside humans in everyday life.
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