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#241 – Boris Sofman: Waymo, Cozmo, Self-Driving Cars, and the Future of Robotics

Lex Fridman Podcast

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The Humanoid Form in a Robotics?

Anki's Coswell is very distant from a humanoid form. And then the Terminator has a humanoid form, and you can imagine both of those actually being in our society. It's interesting because it was very intentional to go really far away from human form when you think about a character like Coswell or like Wally. There's places where you're way stronger and there's places whereyou're weaker. By moving away from humanform you can actually change the rules and embrace your strengths and bypass your weaknesses.

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