>>60887344
>replace the labor class once AI can function in automation bots?
>This is many, many decades away from reality.
False.
Here's an hour long video of a humanoid robot with a task-specific trained VLA model performing a human job (mail sorting) for 1 hour without malfunction:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkc2y0yb89U
UPS was in talks with them in light of this
>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ups-explores-humanoid-robots-figure-150435120.html?
Figure AI (recently parted with OpenAI, still backed by MSFT):
Partnership with BMW for factory manufacturing:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoXCHr1IaTM
>https://www.bmwgroup.com/en/news/general/2024/humanoid-robots.html
Mercedes-Benz taking stake in Apptronik with the goal of in-house use of humanoids:
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/mercedes-benz-takes-stake-robotics-maker-apptronik-tests-robots-factories-2025-03-18/
Amazon ‘testing humanoid robots to deliver packages’
>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/05/amazon-testing-humanoid-robots-to-deliver-packages
Boston Dynamics (Purchased by Hyundai):
>https://www.hyundai.com/worldwide/en/brand-journal/mobility-solution/hyundai-boston-dynamics
US Secretary of Commerce acknowledging upcoming use of robotics within US domestic manufacturing:
>https://www.youtube.com/shorts/38R81esuNEs
>https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/Humanoid\_Robots.pdf
Big tech alongside current US administration have clearly telegraphed their intentions and are allocating billions to R&D and acquisitions. What’s more telling is the lack of media coverage of this, instead with media lenses focused on gimmicky generative AI models.
