The humanoid robot boom is here. These top Silicon Valley investors aren't buying it.

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Different types of robots
Investors are divided over what robot bodies should look like.

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This $5.5 billion robotics startup built a school for humanoids

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Apptronik's Apollo humanoid
Apptronik's Apollo humanoid

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Robotics startup FieldAI has hit a $100 million milestone

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FieldAI robot
FieldAI builds software for all kinds of robots.

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Humanoid robot startup Agility Robotics is going public at a $2.5 billion valuation via a SPAC

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Humanoid Digit
Agility Robotics' humanoid Digit.

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BYD's Stella Li tells BI she wants to put humanoid robots in every car showroom

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Stella Li
BYD executive vice president Stella Li spoke to Business Insider at the Cannes Lions festival.

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Figure AI had one of its robots race an intern to sort packages. See who lost.

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Figure AI intern vs. humanoid
A Figure AI intern competes against a humanoid.

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Silicon Valley's latest binge-watch is a humanoid warehouse worker

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Humanoid sorting packages
Viewers gave the three humanoids sorting packages names: Bob, Frank and Gary.

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Figure AI's robots can make a bed faster than you

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Figure CEO Brett Adcock is pictured.
Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock is betting on a future of "general-purpose humanoids."

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Elon Musk says copycats are why Tesla can't unveil Optimus sooner

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Tesla Optimus humanoid robot on display
Tesla expects to start production of Optimus, its humanoid robot, later this year.

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A Chinese robotics startup with a Tesla Optimus rival is seeking a new chief scientist with an $18 million salary

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UBTech robot
UBTech is one of the biggest names in China's fast-growing humanoid robot industry.

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