To me, humanoid robotics seems to be the 'flying cars' of our era.
They seem cool and futuristic at a glance, but upon close inspection, they are kinda not pragmatic at all, and there are simpler, cheaper solutions that will beat it in the market.
For example, we could build a humanoid butler robot to do chores around the house, or we could build a dishwashers + roombas + washing machine. These simple appliances do 90% of the work for 10% of the headache (including the consumer side headache of performing maintenance on a humanoid machine!).
They seem cool and futuristic at a glance, but upon close inspection, they are kinda not pragmatic at all, and there are simpler, cheaper solutions that will beat it in the market.
For example, we could build a humanoid butler robot to do chores around the house, or we could build a dishwashers + roombas + washing machine. These simple appliances do 90% of the work for 10% of the headache (including the consumer side headache of performing maintenance on a humanoid machine!).