Besides, the existing crop of humanoid robots is capable of a lot more than walking around and waving their hands. It’s a particularly pertinent topic as companies like Tesla, Figure, and China’s Unitree race to commercialize humanoid robots for the mass market. Case in point, Chris Walti, the former lead of Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus, told Business Insider earlier this year that humanoid robots simply don’t make much sense on the factory floor. At the same time, a humanoid robot distending its joints to crawl along the floor likely won’t endear it to humans, either. More on humanoid robots: When You Read the Fine Print, Humanoid Robots Are Going Absolutely Nowhere