The tiny humanoid robot at IROS that startled a researcher's 3-year-old
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-10-01
At IROS, the Lumos NIX small humanoid robot was the only robot that actually startled chrisjpaxton's 3-year-old daughter — because it moved very suddenly during startup. She still found it super cute and warmed up to it eventually.
Quoting irvinxyz, people are underestimating cute small-size humanoids: companionship and entertainment will be a big use case, with cuteness as the key differentiator — his first reaction was "I want one!"
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