Roy: Specialized robots make more sense than humanoid form factors
Ranjan Roy · Sam Altman’s Gentle Singularity, Zuck’s AI Power Play, Burning Of The Waymos · Jun 14, 2025 · at 14:28
Ranjan Roy of Margins debates Big Technology host Alex Kantrowitz on the commercial and engineering logic behind humanoid robotics versus purpose-built warehouse automation.
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“Like to me, applying the human form factor to robotics rather than actually having specialized robots that actually solve specific problems and are built, because again, right now you go to any automated warehouse, it's not humanoid robots moving around. It's robots that have been specifically designed to Handle repetitive tasks of picking up boxes and moving them and placing them and pulling out items. Like, I'm still team specialized robotic form factor versus team humanoid form factor and robotic form factor.”
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