{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"India Tech Report","title":"What's holding humanoids back? This expert's answer might surprise you","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0c8064b7\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":177,"description":"Arjun Dutt, a partner at Bain & Company, spoke with me a couple of weeks ago on the global consultancy's views on how robotics technologies are evolving.Arjun recently co-authored a note on the impact of early commercialisation of humanoid robots — how that will likely play out in three waves, from 'brownfield' plants to eventually, our homes.You can catch the full conversation via the related post below. Here's a short chapter with Arjun briefly explaining the four critical areas in which advancements are needed before humanoids can be more human-like.And one technology might be holding back even faster adoption of these robots. It might surprise you to know that it's not intelligence.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/klwtZi6_OVxR1RQx-EUqBBLq9JNmkk2p0xt3ov7-eeg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kYjRi/MTNkNDVhMTVlOThm/MDM4ZmVlYjFmZGNl/OGFiNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}