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Digit 5 May Be the First Humanoid Robot Worker That’s Truly Safe

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Despite the recent deluge of videos of humanoid robots doing backflips and kung fu, the actual pace of progress towards humanoids that can do economically viable jobs at scale has at times seemed a…

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