Ken Goldberg

Ken Goldberg is a UC Berkeley robotics and AI researcher, the William S. Floyd Jr. Distinguished Chair in Engineering, a distinguished professor in industrial engineering, EECS, and art practice, and co-founder/chief scientist of Ambi Robotics and Jacobi Robotics. His work focuses on robot learning, automation, grasping, manipulation, and real-world robotic dexterity.

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