Engineered Arts' humanoid robot Ameca looking to the side
Engineered Arts' humanoid robot Ameca.
  • Humanoid robots appear to be the next big bet for Big Tech — and the market could be worth billions.
  • Tesla, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia are piling cash into the futuristic technology. 
  • BI met Ameca, the robot with realistic facial expressions, to see what all the hype is about. 

Interest in humanoid robots has surged in Silicon Valley this year, with one Nvidia research manager even declaring 2024 as the year of the humanoid.