The Humanoid Mission in Manufacturing | Boston Dynamics Tech Talk

49 thoughts on “The Humanoid Mission in Manufacturing | Boston Dynamics Tech Talk”

1. Conveyor belts, AGV, RGV are more efficient than this anyway

2. Terrifying

3. I'm begging you Boston Dynamics, please switch the name of this to the "CLANKERS Podcast"

4. How could Boston Dynamics be ever distanced by chinese companies? Listen to this conversation with its Vice President, very much centered around teleoperation…

5. Thank your Boston Dynamics ❤❤❤👍🤝✌️😎🎄🎄🎄

6. Boston dynamics has light years ahead of robotic development. No one can close not even japan.

   But recently, whether the advancement of boston dynamics, or the competitor can quickly keep pace, or both. It seems now boston dynamic is quite lagged compared to chinese robot.

   In term of speed, dexterity, flexibility, cost and anything, chinese robot now miles ahead of boston dynamic.

7. Clear focus is key. While videos of robots doing housework are impressive, I doubt it's achievable in the near term. Marc Raibert made a great point in Korea: the home is the ultimate goal, but not the starting point. We should first prove their utility in structured environments like factories and logistics. Let's face it—a domestic home is a nightmare of unpredictability for a humanoid robot.

8. did they copy joe rogens set? i mean i guess if it works.

9. It’s honestly cringey to see so many people blindly praising Chinese robots. All they’ve shown so far are Kung Fu moves and dance routines. Is that really supposed to be impressive? They’re just doing what Atlas already mastered 10 years ago. Right now, Atlas isn't interested in parkour or stunts anymore. They are building robots that actually work, and they’ve already started deployed them at Hyundai plants for real-world tasks.

10. I don't like that they're passing off this little robot as atlas.

    Atlas is more like a full-blown robot fighter that can do gymnastics not this little dinky robot

11. I'm surprised you're not play6 music while they're talking

12. Actually, I believe humanoid robots only belong in the service industry. They are unnecessary for manufacturing because their value lies primarily in human interaction. In the future, as manufacturing becomes either fully automated or teleoperated, a mobile dual-arm system will be more than enough to meet the demand.

13. Tax every automated hour worked and make it a UBI for the people so we can keep buying from the company

14. I'm looking forward to the one that looks like C3P0

15. Fascinating How Fast Atlas Is Developing. What Is The Time Frame For Atlas To Be Working On Mars.

16. The useless mission. I hope you fail, but you will win because you are backed by the super rich

17. Добрый день. Добавьте русскую аудио дорожку ?

18. My understanding is that traditional programming scales up. Programming problems can start out with concrete specialized objectives and scale upwards into the abstract or general purpose. (also known as the ladder of abstraction) Why can't you program bots like characters in a 3D video game? Why is it difficult to program a bot to be general purpose using traditional programming?

19. More demos. You should be embarrassed to be putting out a podcast on this channel. Manufacture some capable robots at scale and demo that.

20. Capitalism will never recover from this

21. @ 0:25 when the second person introduces himself, did anyone else, in their head say "you killed my father, prepare to die"?

22. The problem with robot workers is that they don’t buy anything – they do not participate in the economy – so if you eliminate the human workers – who will buy your products – seems like a problem

23. the biggest hurdle humanoid robotics faces right now is marketing and sales. even with the relatively limited capabilities it has right now, there are a massive number of jobs it could be doing. cooking, sorting, inspecting, wielding, and yet nobody is buying them. its less than the salary you'd pay the equivalent employee to do the same task but works 24/7 for free and has no union or safety regulations to deal with. these things should be selling like crazy.

24. I hate this.

25. I can't wait until robotics and AI take so many jobs away from voters that it pushes the numbers to the left, as there will simply need to be a government supplied income to all that the right will never agree to. Once 20 percent of uneducated jobs are taken, it will be enough to change politics forever.

26. Millions must starve

27. Who is going to have the money to buy a robot when there are no jobs because of robots?

28. I like the shirt of Mr. Rodriguez.

29. Where does someone gain that experience? MIT or UCLA or CalTech? I suppose it is in Python 3.

30. I know many people who are no where close to this guy's level of English fluency but at least they make an effort to have a normal accent

31. You're lagging behind unitree, who's robot's can fight humans and stand back in a fraction of a second after falling

32. What a time to be alive!

33. Big fan. And, big respect for the credentialled (and very talented) humans making this pursuit currently. Thanks for sharing these videos!

    Hearing skeptics of ever larger sets not being the solution–since children learn some of these kinds of complex motions apparently without it. Would be curious to see a graph of how vector(?) datasets scale up as training data accumulates–if that's ever something that can be shared.

    One can also hope that the plan forward includes humans with broader pedigrees–particularly if these machines are going to be used to replace their labor, by design or by unintended consequence.

34. Boston Dynamics is focusing on the real value of humanoid robots in manufacturing, not flashy demos, but practical work in human-designed factories. Humanoids make sense where flexibility, safety, and adaptability matter more than pure speed. The key challenge is reliability and scale. A humanoid only matters if it can work thousands of hours with minimal failure and reasonable cost. 🤖

35. Fantastic ai work, love it!

36. so who is interviewing who?

37. Logiczne ze zastąpią ludzi ale my technicy niezapominajmy ze ludzie Kiedyś pracujący tam powinni dostawać od nas bezpośrednio odpowiedzialnych za ten rozwoj-minimalna emeryture-rete.jestesmy odpowiedzialni za utratę stanowisk pracy.

38. We are not ready for what is about to happen. The human body was designed to work, wear down and be happy about it. We are going to be removed from that evolution that took millions of years. We are not capable of living in the future We are building. Expect MAJOR civil unrest 2026.

39. So will Boston Dynamics in any way be dictating that part of revenue generated from sales/lease of robots will go towards a Universal Basic Income for the workers it displaces?
    Or are you guys just going to introduce massively impactful technology with zero regard for the lives you will be upending of laborers who are at the mercy of science which does not aim to improve their lives?

40. Sounds like you guys need to create a v r game.Start collecting data off of players' inputs

41. I love these podcasts, so glad y’all have integrated it, really informative 👏

42. Can I now how can I get reboot I need to buy one 😊 thank you

43. love BDI!
    Keep making it happen.

44. Making robos in human form is sort if absolute useless. It should be made in the application form factor.

45. I'm think this conversation is a turning point for whole world's economy.

46. I want to see what your robots can't do not listen to 41 minutes of yapping ffs

47. I don't like this format of a fake podcast, it feels too unnatural and plastic. Your uniqueness was in raw footages and occasional interviews on the ground. This is not you, the more you try to force smiles and slickness the more awkward it looks and you turning just in another company with robots who tries to persuade investors to give you money while not showing actual product. Don't get me wrong, you're still the GOAT but your new marketing approach is a pile of shit.

48. BD has been developing one off robots for decades, they are always on the bleeding edge.

    Somehow, other then their robot dog, they never seem to be able to get to the mass manufacturing stage at an affordable price point.

    Hopefully Hyundai and SoftBank gets value form their investment in ownership from BD and not just the MIC.

49. Really great podcast episode, so excited for Boston Dynamics future products

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