As humanoid robot developers race to move their machines from demonstrations and pilot projects into factories and other working environments, another challenge is rapidly coming into focus: how to manufacture these highly complex machines at scale.
Building a handful of working humanoids is one thing. Producing hundreds or eventually thousands of robots with consistent quality, predictable costs and reliable supply chains presents a very different engineering problem.
Humanoids contain dozens of actuators alongside motors, precision gears, bearings, sensors and machined components, while many of their designs are still evolving rapidly as manufacturers learn from real-world deployments. [Read more…] about Interview: Humanoid robots are advancing fast. Manufacturing them at scale is the next challenge