What's holding humanoids back? This expert's answer might surprise you

Arjun Dutt, a partner at Bain & Company, spoke with me a couple of weeks ago on the global consultancy's views on how robotics technologies are evolving.Arjun recently co-authored a note on the impact of early commercialisation of humanoid robots — how that will likely play out in three waves, from 'brownfield' plants to eventually, our homes.You can catch the full conversation via the related post below. Here's a short chapter with Arjun briefly explaining the four critical areas in which advancements are needed before humanoids can be more human-like.And one technology might be holding back even faster adoption of these robots. It might surprise you to know that it's not intelligence.