Boston Dynamics, einst Branchenführer, gibt die Entwicklung seines humanoiden Roboters auf.

Submission Statement

I wonder what the reasoning is behind this. If I were to guess, it’s that their approach has been overtaken by events. All around the world, they have been superseded by a different approach. Relatively simple robot bodies that are made powerful by today’s AI. Continuing with their approach might have been a classic case of sunk cost fallacy, it may be better to abandon it and join everyone else’s new way of doing things.

There’s a lesson here for today’s tech leaders. As technological development accelerates, you can go from industry leader to has-been really fast. Though in fairness to Boston Dynamics, calling them ‘has beens’ isn’t justified, they are still doing excellent work on their Spot & Stretch non-humanoid robots.

Some of the other humanoid robots in development around the world.

[LimX Dynamics](https://www.inceptivemind.com/limx-dynamics-humanoid-robot-achieves-real-time-perceptive-stair-climbing/36288/)

[1X’s NEO](https://siliconcanals.com/crowdfunding/1x-raises-91-1m/)

[Tesla’s Optimus](https://www.inceptivemind.com/teslas-optimus-gen-2-humanoid-lighter-faster-more-capable/35842/)

[Agility Robotics](https://www.therobotreport.com/gxo-logistics-putting-digit-humanoid-to-test/)

[Xiaomi’s CyberOne](https://wired.me/technology/xiaomis-cyberone-robot-takes-a-step-toward-connected-living/)

[Apptronik Apollo](https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/science-nature/technology/20240112-161505/)

[Ubtech’s Walker S](https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/02/ubtech-humanoid-bots-in-china-ev-factories.html)

[Figure’s Figure 1](https://newatlas.com/robotics/figure-humanoid-learning-tasks-autonomously/)

[Fourier Intelligence’s GR-1](https://www.therobotreport.com/fourier-intelligence-launches-production-version-of-gr-1-humanoid-robot/)

[Sanctuary’s Phoenix](https://www.therobotreport.com/sanctuary-ai-secures-ip-assets-advancing-touch-grasping-general-purpose-robots/)

[Unitree Robotics’ H1](https://newatlas.com/robotics/unitree-h1-humanoid-bipedal-robot/)

[XPENG’s PX5](https://kr-asia.com/xpeng-motors-unveils-px5-humanoid-robot-underlining-its-vision-for-the-future)