00:00That humanoid robot might have a human behind the controls, like Neo.
00:04It can clean, fold laundry, and hold conversations.
00:08It's marketed as the world's first consumer-ready humanoid robot.
00:12But for many tasks, it's controlled remotely by a human, wearing a VR headset.
00:17And Neo isn't the only robot that relies on teleoperation.
00:21I was at a technology gathering, and there was a robot, a humanoid robot, making drinks, and everyone was excited.
00:29And there was a waitress standing to the side, and she was just, and I went up to her, I
00:35said, it's teleoperated.
00:37Now she knew what teleoperated meant.
00:38I said, oh, it's teleoperated.
00:41It just went on the way.
00:42So it's sort of designed to trick you because it's this idea of fake it until you make it.
00:49By recording how humans control robots, companies can collect data to help the machines learn to perform more tasks on
00:56their own.
00:57The hope is that robots will need less and less human intervention.
01:01But how much privacy are we willing to give up on a robot that does the laundry?
