Cristina Criddle

Technology correspondent at the Financial Times in San Francisco, covering AI and technology; host/reporter on FT Tech Tonic and narrator/reporter of FT pieces including coverage of consumer readiness for humanoid robots.

Home Humanoid Robots Still Face Cost, Trust, and Dexterity Hurdles

Financial Times technology reporter Cristina Criddle examines whether humanoid robots are close to becoming consumer products, as companies including 1X, Tesla and Figure move from stage demonstrations to home-use pitches. The case is that rapid gains in mobility and AI have made household robots more plausible, but Criddle’s reporting also stresses the unresolved barriers: high prices, limited dexterity, uneven performance and doubts over whether a human-shaped machine is the most practical way to automate chores.

Financial TimesMay 29, 20265 min read