Humanoid robots are more impressive than ever before. Not long ago they would barely manage a few steps on stage before falling over but now they are chasing wild boars off the streets in Warsaw and smashing half-marathon records in Beijing. What does this extraordinary leap in engineering mean? And, now that AI is part of the mix, should we be worried about the future? Are consumers ready for the rise of the humanoid robot? The FT’s Cristina Criddle reports from San Francisco.
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