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#374 – Robert Playter: Boston Dynamics CEO on Humanoid and Legged Robotics

Lex Fridman Podcast

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The Future of Robotics

Google was building robots that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, maybe a million dollars to build. Larry always liked the toothbrush test. He wanted products that you used every day. We didn't see how to get all the way to this consumer level product in a short amount of time. And he suggested we make the robots really inexpensive.

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