Episode 3: Robots

If you haven't noticed, we have jumped over the line separating science fiction from science fact. In this episode, another example... the large number of bipedal robots that are either already in production and for sale, or will be within a year or so. These are, of course, in addition to the large number of both rolling and stationary mounted robots that have been in work places for years now. This episode is a bit of a laundry list of just some of the bipedal robots entering our workplaces and homes soon, very soon. Many of these are called "General Purpose" robots, capable of doing many different tasks. We'll see robots ranging from factory and warehouse work to retail store work. While prices vary, there are certainly some that are cheaper than an automobile. Let's talk about it. Remember, you can ignore technology, but it won’t ignore you. If you like this podcast please subscribe, like, and follow. Please find us and subscribe on YouTube at youtube.com/@Utopian_WastelandHere you’ll find links to all the articles we use. If you REALLY like what we're doing, or you just have pity for us, please become a patron through our Patreon page. Starting at just $5 a month you'll get extra weekly videos, plus the "recorded live" version of this vodcast where you'll get to see our ruggedly handsome faces ( or was that faces made for radio? ). Starting at $10 a month you get some fun, quarterly, merchandise in our loyalty program. We also have millionaire and billionaire challenges, if you happen to be one of those. (I know, we're broke too, it's ok.)To find all of our links to Patreon, social media, etc... visit our website at www.UtopianWasteland.comWhere do we get our info? Are we geniuses? Probably not, we just do research. Here's what we used for this episode. Just a few Reference links (the rest are on our YouTube post):The Robot Reporthttps://www.therobotreport.com/category/news/Hyundai to buy ‘tens of thousands’ of Boston Dynamics robotshttps://www.therobotreport.com/hyundai-purchase-tens-of-thousands-boston-dynamics-robots/Sanctuary AI Deploys First Humanoid General-Purpose Robot Commerciallyhttps://www.sanctuary.ai/blog/sanctuary-ai-deploys-first-humanoid-general-purpose-robot-commerciallyFigure Plans To Ship 100,000 Humanoid Robots Over Next 4 Yearshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2025/01/30/figure-plans-to-ship-100000-humanoid-robots-over-next-4-years/Mercedes-Benz testing Apollo humanoidhttps://www.therobotreport.com/mercedes-benz-testing-apollo-humanoid/