Morning Briefing Plus: Willkommen in der schönen neuen Welt des Robo Sapiens
Die Roboter kommen. Schon heute besiedeln sie Fabrikhallen, demnächst sollen sie sich in unseren Wohnzimmern ausbreiten. Was könnte da schon schiefgehen?
In recent days, the thought of Florian has crossed my mind more frequently. The awkward main character of one of my earliest reports for the Handelsblatt, Florian, appeared in Miami in December 2013. Dressed like a knight in heavy armor, he moved with the stiffness of hips and a head that reminded me of a "mix of ski helmet and Darth Vader mask".
Florian was a robot, co-developed by TU Darmstadt. However, at the Robot Olympiad on Homestead-Miami Speedway, he turned out to be a "technically challenging maintenance case". Sometimes his leg went limp, sometimes his hand went on strike, and thus he failed to pass through a door frame. Today, thirteen years later, humanoid robots perform synchronized Kung-Fu choreographies.
They pack away in factories. And soon, they will move into our living rooms. This, at least, is the vision of companies like 1X from California and Unitree from China. Robo-butlers, who serve drinks and fold our laundry, are considered the "next big thing" in the tech scene.
Written by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
