More ‘Human’ Robots to Improve Interactions with People

laboratories is that it is equipped with illuminated eyes, actually LEDs, designed to convey “emotions” and thus improve interactions between the robot and its human “colleagues.”

Indeed, working harmoniously with humans should help improve the performance and efficiency of both robots and employees. As such, it’s a win-win situation.

In fact, Agility hopes to deploy Digit in partner companies’ warehouses in the near future for its first tests in a real-world environment.

In recent months, many often spectacular humanoid robot projects have been unveiled, including one recently presented by the start-up Figure, which promises to be the most advanced ever developed.

Known for its famous robot dog Spot, Boston Dynamics recently unveiled Atlas, a model capable of lifting, handling and moving heavy loads, like a human worker.

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For its part, Xiaomi is working on the CyberOne, a robot capable of perceiving space in 3D, but also recognizing individuals as well as their gestures, expressions and emotions.

Combined with artificial intelligence, it could interact directly with people. Finally, even Tesla is working on its own humanoid robot project, code-named Optimus.