We are also going to see soft robotics playing a greater role. I love that.

When you think about the difference in safety requirements for something that goes into the home versus something that goes into a factory, that's a really big difference. -

Jeff Frick

You can make an industrial robot safe by controlling its workspace, control access to the workspace. I wouldn't say that we are anywhere near ready for home robots yet. Anywhere that people live and move is a chaotic environment compared to what is happening in a workplace. -

Andra Keay

We are also going to see soft robotics playing a greater role. I love that. You can imagine that robot hugging someone and there being no pinch points, no metal squeezing and no undue pressure that you can't push back against. So we're still a little bit of the early stages for that sort of robots. But there's a lot of work being done in that space. - Andra Keay

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Squeezable, huggable robots

Robots that can successfully navigate and operate in the chaotic, dynamic, and forever changing home environment.

A couple of big topic in the context of getting humanoid robots to the point they can help with in-home tasks, including elder care. Not quite there yet, but moving in that direction, quickly.

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