Humanoids will dominate the plurality of all robots; other form factors will be niche.

Humanoids will dominate the plurality of all robots; other form factors will be niche. | Um, and within that, I think humanoids will dominate the plurality of all robots and it'll just be so big a percentage of them. Like the other robots will be like niche and expensive and done like like superduty trucks that you have like out mining.

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Um, and within that, I think humanoids will dominate the plurality of all robots and it'll just be so big a percentage of them. Like the other robots will be like niche and expensive and done like like superduty trucks that you have like out mining.

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  "context": "within that, I think humanoids will dominate the plurality of all robots and it'll just be so big a percentage of them.",
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