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Humanoid Robots Lag in Dexterity, Brains, Scale, and Affordability

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bayes@bayeslord#1291inAI

Where are the humanoid robots? Why aren’t they doing more things for us? Why aren’t we building 100m units/yr? Why do the hands still suck? Why does their brains still suck? Why do even the cheapest ones still cost like 20k? What is going on here

12:17 PM · Jun 7, 2026 · 582 Views
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Negative users angrily dismiss criticism of slow humanoid robot scaling progress as impatient, while positive users express hope for better world outcomes.

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bayes@bayeslord

Where are the humanoid robots? Why aren’t they doing more things for us? Why aren’t we building 100m units/yr? Why do the hands still suck? Why do their brains still suck? Why do even the cheapest ones still cost like 20k? What is going on here

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Average Joe@average_joe_x2

@bayeslord Give it a minute for fucks sake, jeezus you people

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bayes@bayeslord

@average_joe_x2 I want better for the world

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@bayeslord Because that's pretty much AGI level stuff and the stuff we have is at best proto-AGI, you should know this already. :)

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mercurial@moon1000x

@bayeslord first wave of influencers reacting to ones that do household chores/cooking/landscaping, construction, warehouse work etc the $ will make it happen

feels like the starting line is late this fall

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job@_job01

@bayeslord Evolution gave humans one hell of a prior

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Aiki Godo@aiki_godo

@bayeslord Why are we still sending SMS and going to school?

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Arun Nagpal@photonspotting

@bayeslord It turns out capital alone doesn't guarantee that technical challenges will be solved.

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Average Joe@average_joe_x2

@bayeslord So do I

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Abides@_Abides_

@average_joe_x2 @bayeslord no.

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SVN7R@SewersOfSociety

@bayeslord Because we are in 2026

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RE:Skob@re_skob

@bayeslord You're free to do it if you think everyone else is slacking

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FemMiraMancer@miratechgeek

@bayeslord My cats learn physics by knocking stuff over. Humanoids learn from tokens. That's the problem. $20k gets you servos, not embodied intelligence. Sim-to-real is the killer.

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