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A $3,555 Humanoid Robot Aims Low on Purpose
Original: This $3,555 Humanoid Robot Is Slow, Basic, Cheap. Mission Accomplished.
A new humanoid robot priced at $3,555 is drawing attention for being deliberately slow and basic. Commentators say the low cost is the real achievement: affordable hardware could open robot development to hobbyists, labs and startups, much as cheap components did for other technologies. Coverage frames its simplicity as a feature rather than a flaw.
Why now: Affordable humanoid robots signal a shift from million-dollar research platforms to mass-market hardware.
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