Humanoid robots seem ready to do the heavy lifting, but concerns still weighty

Humans order, Atlas does. What was once considered a distant dream of having robots take care of everyday labor seems to be coming true as robots perform real-world jobs once reserved for humans. They may, though not yet, soon be even better than humans. Leading the charge are Atlas, developed by Hyundai Motor Group’s Boston Dynamics and preparing for deployment on automobile factory production lines, and Figure 03, a humanoid robot created by U.S.-based robotics company Figure AI. Related Article Humanoid robot monks draw even more attention than usual to Seoul's lantern festival — in pictures Your next K-pop idol? G-Dragon's agency says it will be a robot. Boston Dynamics showcases Atlas' strength, ability to shoulder industrial weight Hyundai’s factory humanoid will differ from the Atlas that you know On Monday, Boston Dynamics released footage of Atlas moving a refrigerator, saying the robot is rapidly learning new motions through large-scale simulation-based reinforcement learning