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Building a robot that\u2019s both human-like and useful is a decades-old engineering dream inspired by popular science fiction.<\/p>\n

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While the latest artificial intelligence craze has sparked another wave of investments in the quest to build a humanoid, most of the current prototypes are clumsy and impractical, looking better in staged performances than in real life. That hasn\u2019t stopped a handful of startups from keeping at it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe intention is not to start from the beginning and say, \u2018Hey, we\u2019re trying to make a robot look like a person,\u2019\u201d said Jonathan Hurst, co-founder and chief robot officer at Agility Robotics. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to make robots that can operate in human spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do we even need humanoids? Hurst makes a point of describing Agility\u2019s warehouse robot Digit as human-centric, not humanoid, a distinction meant to emphasize what it does over what it\u2019s trying to be.<\/p>\n

What it does, for now, is pick up tote bins and move them. Amazon<\/a> announced in October it will begin testing Digits for use in its warehouses, and Agility opened an Oregon factory in September to mass produce them.<\/p>\n

Digit has a head containing cameras, other sensors and animated eyes, and a torso that essentially works as its engine. It has two arms and two legs, but its legs are more bird-like than human, with an inverted knees appearance that resembles so-called digitigrade animals such as birds, cats and dogs that walk on their toes rather than on flat feet.<\/p>\n

Rival robot-makers, like Figure AI, are taking a more purist approach on the idea that only true humanoids can effectively navigate workplaces, homes and a society built for humans. Figure also plans to start with a relatively simple use case, such as in a retail warehouse, but aims for a commercial robot that can be \u201citerated on like an iPhone\u201d to perform multiple tasks to take up the work of humans as birth rates decline around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not enough people doing these jobs, so the market\u2019s massive,\u201d said Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock. \u201cIf we can just get humanoids to do work that humans are not wanting to do because there\u2019s a shortfall of humans, we can sell millions of humanoids, billions maybe.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the moment, however, Adcock\u2019s firm doesn\u2019t have a prototype that\u2019s ready for market. Founded just over a year ago and after having raised tens of millions of dollars, it recently revealed a\u00a038-second video<\/a>\u00a0of Figure walking through its test facility in Sunnyvale, California.<\/p>\n

Tesla<\/a> CEO Elon Musk is also trying to build a\u00a0humanoid, called Optimus<\/a>, through the electric car-maker\u2019s robotics division, but a hyped-up live demonstration last year of the robot\u2019s awkwardly halting steps didn\u2019t impress experts in the robotics field. Seemingly farther along is Tesla\u2019s Austin, Texas-based neighbor Apptronik, which unveiled its Apollo humanoid in an August video demonstration.<\/p>\n

All the attention \u2014 and money \u2014 poured into making ungainly humanoid machines might make the whole enterprise seem like a futile hobby for wealthy technologists, but for some pioneers of legged robots it\u2019s all about what you learn along the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only about their design and operation, but also about how people respond to them, and about the critical underlying technologies for mobility, dexterity, perception and intelligence,\u201d said Marc Raibert, the co-founder of Boston Dynamics, best known for its dog-like robots named Spot.<\/p>\n

Raibert said sometimes the path of development is not along a straight line. Boston Dynamics, now a subsidiary of carmaker Hyundai<\/a>, experimented with building a humanoid that could handle boxes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat led to development of a new robot that was not really a humanoid, but had several characteristics of a humanoid,\u201d he said via an emailed message. \u201cBut the changes resulted in a new robot that could handle boxes faster, could work longer hours, and could operate in tight spaces, such as a truck. So humanoid research led to a useful non-humanoid robot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some startups aiming for human-like machines focused on improving the dexterity of robotic fingers before trying to get their robots to walk.<\/p>\n

Walking is \u201cnot the hardest problem to solve in humanoid robotics,\u201d said Geordie Rose, co-founder and CEO of British Columbia, Canada-based startup Sanctuary AI. \u201cThe hardest problem is the problem of understanding the world and being able to manipulate it with your hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanctuary\u2019s newest and first bipedal robot, Phoenix, can stock shelves, unload delivery vehicles and operate a checkout, early steps toward what Rose sees as a much longer-term goal of getting robots to perceive the physical world to be able to reason about it in a way that resembles intelligence. Like other humanoids, it\u2019s meant to look endearing, because how it interacts with real people is a big part of its function.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to be able to provide labor to the world, not just for one thing, but for everybody who needs it,\u201d Rose said. \u201cThe systems have to be able to think like people. So we could call that artificial general intelligence if you\u2019d like. But what I mean more specifically is the systems have to be able to understand speech and they need to be able to convert the understanding of speech into action, which will satisfy job roles across the entire economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Agility\u2019s Digit robot caught Amazon\u2019s attention because it can walk and also move around in a way that could complement the e-commerce giant\u2019s existing fleet of vehicle-like robots that move large carts around its vast warehouses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mobility aspect is more interesting than the actual form,\u201d said Tye Brady, Amazon\u2019s chief technologist for robotics, after the company showed it off at a media event in Seattle.<\/p>\n

Right now, Digit is being tested to help with the repetitive task of picking up and moving empty totes. But just having it there is bound to resurrect some fears about robots taking people\u2019s jobs, a narrative Amazon is trying to prevent from taking hold.<\/p>\n

Agility Robotics co-founder and CEO Damion Shelton said the warehouse robot is \u201cjust the first use case\u201d of a new generation of robots he hopes will be embraced rather than feared as they prepare to enter businesses and homes.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo in 10, 20 years, you\u2019re going to see these robots everywhere,\u201d Shelton said. \u201cForever more, human- centric robots like that are going to be part of human life. So that\u2019s pretty exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014-<\/p>\n

AP writer Haleluya Hadero contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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