00:00This is Booster K1. It's used for education and research.
00:04When dealing with kids, it's used as a platform to teach them about robotics itself.
00:10This is Honda's latest robotic hand.
00:12It maneuvers precise motions in industrial settings, one of the key challenges in humanoid mobility.
00:19They're just some of the dozens of companies bringing their latest technologies to this year's Humanoid Summit in Tokyo.
00:26There's a reason why there's so much hype around these guys that look like they came out straight out of
00:32a sci-fi movie.
00:33It is easier to build machines that can adapt to environments designed for humans instead of having to rebuild the
00:41entire world around robots.
00:44And now, thanks to the AI boom and the race toward general purpose intelligence, we may finally be building the
00:50missing piece,
00:51the critical layer that would allow humanoids to learn, adapt, and function in the real world.
00:56Right now, the market is still small.
00:59Barclays estimates it's worth just $2 to $3 billion.
01:03The forecasts are ramping up, $40 billion by 2035, and even as much as $5 trillion by 2050, if you
01:11account for services and supply chains.
01:13So even if the gap between hype and reality is still wide, the commercial opportunity may be too big to
01:20miss.
01:21Sharing on Bloomberg Tokyo.
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