Humanoids won’t scale on factory floors until costs drop
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The constraint on humanoids in factories is unit economics, not just intelligence — capex, uptime, and integration cost still lose to fixed automation and humans. If you run manufacturing, treat humanoids as a targeted pilot for edge cases, not a near-term headcount replacement, and demand clear TCO math from vendors.
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