Humanoid robots have 5-10 year lifespan before merging with environments

Humanoid robots have 5-10 year lifespan before merging with environments | I think everybody's making this push for humanoid robots. I think they might have a fiveyear lifespan and then they'll fail miserably. Maybe 10.

Watch events: Figure 03 shipment volume; BMW, 2nd customer deployment count

I think everybody's making this push for humanoid robots. I think they might have a fiveyear lifespan and then they'll fail miserably. Maybe 10.

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