UseAI glossary
Humanoid robot
A humanoid robot, with two arms, two legs and a head, designed to work in spaces built for us: factories, warehouses, homes. Advances in AI allow it to learn movements by watching humans, but it remains slow and expensive.
In other words
Rather than rearranging the factory for the machine, we build a machine that adapts to the factory.
Alyriaz articles that mention it
- Why household robots still don't exist
AI writes, translates and codes, yet domestic robots remain nowhere to be found. We explain why everyday movements are far harder for a machine than intellectual tasks.
- This insect-sized robot does ten backflips in eleven seconds
A new AI control system allows a flying micro-robot from MIT to fly with the agility of an insect. We explain what this changes and what it could be used for.
- Humanoid robots roll off a production line
Humanoid robots have started rolling off a production line in China. We look at what the shift to mass production changes, and what remains very far from being solved.
- The week AI went looking for its raw material
Weekly round-up for 3–9 August 2026: data takes centre stage, prices keep tumbling, and opacity gains ground on the regulatory front. We connect the dots.
- The ghost workers of AI: who really pays the price of ChatGPT
Every time ChatGPT answers you without showing you shocking images, it is because someone, somewhere in Nairobi or Manila, has spent their day looking at those images to train the filter. Paid less than 2 dollars an hour. This is the invisible-labour industry that makes AI possible.
- 1 year, 5 years, 10 years, 30 years: what current research tells us about the future of AI
You cannot read the future. But you can build credible scenarios from current research and the predictions of credible experts. Here is what researchers genuinely expect for 2027, 2031, 2036 and 2056. No hype, no doom-mongering: just the hypotheses that hold up against the facts of 2026.