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Craig Smith expresses skepticism that household humanoid robots will be viable within 10-15 years due to technical challenges.

On Eye on AI · unverified speaker · Eye on AI · Aug 19, 2026

“I wrote something last year about humanoids and how the promise is way out ahead of the reality, and there are all these problems with power supply and the strength of actuators and the generalization of the the models that control them.”

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Commercially viable household humanoid robots performing general domestic tasks are not widely available by 2041

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