New wheeled robot says no thanks to humanoid hype - Fox News
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The robot race has a familiar look right now. Two legs. A face-like head. A body that tries very hard to look human. Genesis AI is taking a different route with Eno, its first general-purpose robot.
Key takeaways
- Humanoid robots are moving from laboratory demos into commercial reality.
- Forbes reported on June 19 that a wave of companies—including 1X Technologies, Agility Robotics, Apptronik, Tesla, and Samsung—are racing to ship robots that can operate in human environments, with 1X’s Neo already demonstrating chores such as laundry folding and dish‑unloading and slated for home delivery later this year.
- The same outlet noted that while the market remains expensive and enterprise‑focused, models like Unitree’s G1 ($16,000) and 1X’s Neo Gamma (pre‑orders at $20,000 or $499 per month) are now purchasable online, and dozens of thousands of units are being shipped to factories.
- Boston Dynamics confirmed at a Robotics Summit that Atlas will be produced at a scale of up to 30,000 units per year by 2028 after securing enough customers, including Hyundai, for a planned deployment of roughly 25,000 robots in factories.
- Agility Robotics’ Digit is already in service with Amazon, GXO and other logistics firms, and Genesis AI unveiled a non‑humanoid, wheeled robot called Eno, arguing that functional designs may outpace the humanoid trend.
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The robot race has a familiar look right now. Two legs. A face-like head. A body that tries very hard to look human. Genesis AI is taking a different route with Eno, its first general-purpose robot. Instead of building another humanoid that looks like all the others out there, the company designed a wheeled robot that focuses on work first. That choice may make Eno more useful in the real world.
Genesis AI says Eno combines its full-stack hardware platform with GENE, the company's robotics-native AI brain. That means the company wants Eno to reason through tasks, adjust when conditions change and carry out jobs that go beyond pre-programmed movements. ## Genesis AI Eno robot challenges humanoid hype
Eno arrives at a time when robot companies are trying to prove that machines can do more in the physical world with less human direction. Some companies are betting on humanoids. Genesis AI is betting that useful design may beat human-like design.
That choice could resonate with businesses. If a wheeled robot costs less, breaks less often and performs better on flat floors, it may beat a humanoid in many practical settings. The keyword is "if." Genesis AI still has to prove Eno can work reliably with real customers. Demos can show potential. Deployments reveal the hard truth.
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