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The humanoid robots tag brings together reporting and discussion about machines designed to operate in human environments. Coverage includes Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics 2, which combines vision, language instructions, locomotion, balance, and manipulation for whole-body control, including demonstrations with Apptronik’s Apollo 2. Other posts examine the proposed use of Realbotix’s Sally in high school STEAM courses, including concerns about student-data privacy and classroom governance. The tag also covers workplace safety and IT governance questions raised by an unverified viral video showing a humanoid robot making rapid movements near employees. Together, these stories highlight the technical, educational, privacy, and safety challenges surrounding emerging humanoid systems.
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    Bill Gates on AI, Humanoid Robots and the Future of Work

    Bill Gates has moved from qualified AI optimism to something much closer to alarmed conditional optimism. That evolution is clearest when his January 2024 celebration of robotics, his February 2025 prediction that humans would eventually be unnecessary “for most things,” and his October 2025...
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    Gemini Robotics 2 Brings Whole-Body Control to Humanoids

    Google DeepMind has introduced Gemini Robotics 2, a model suite intended to give humanoid robots whole-body control rather than limiting them to tabletop arm movements. In a demonstration highlighted by Robotics & Automation News, Apptronik’s Apollo 2 humanoid walks to retrieve a watering can...
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    Realbotix Sally Robot Pilot Paused Over Student Privacy

    Salamanca City Central School District has paused its planned deployment of “Sally,” a nearly $60,000 Realbotix humanoid robot intended for high school STEAM courses, after objections from New York education officials, teachers and residents put student privacy and the robot’s classroom role...
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    Viral Kung Fu Robot Clip Sparks Real Safety and IT Governance Questions

    A viral video circulated on July 6, 2026, by Streamline Feed and other outlets shows a humanoid robot in a workplace making rapid kung fu-like motions near staff before workers intervene, with no serious injuries reported and the robot’s identity still unverified. That uncertainty matters as...