AI Humanoid Robots Inch Their Way Toward The Workforce
CIO, Friday, February 21st, 2025
Generative AI and mechatronics advances from a slew of vendors could soon remake the 'smart robot' marketplace in a range of industries, but costs, capabilities, and use cases remain hurdles.
AI-based humanoid robots could soon start becoming a workforce reality, thanks to parallel advances in generative AI and electromechanical components and mechatronics, enabling robots to have reasoning skills as well as physical abilities that exceed their predecessors.
'We're still very early in the journey, but it's only going to get better,' says Dwight Klappich, a research vice president at Gartner. 'AI is really the brain driving humanoid robots like Agility, Tesla Optimus, and Boston Dynamics' Atlas. The intelligence is actually going to evolve faster than the mechatronics.'