Humanoid robots: which approach will win the race?
The ultimate aim for robot makers is to build a fully general-purpose machine that can pretty much perform any task that we can do. At that point we'll have robots that can finally relieve us of the daily drudgery of doing the laundry, washing the dishes and putting out the trash.
In the mean time, there are two distinct approaches being followed by robotics companies, says Arjun Dutt, a partner at Bain & Company, who recently discussed the global consultancy's views on how these technologies are evolving and what's influencing their deployment.
The first is to look at specific tasks, like…
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