VQV Signal
According to a post on X by @LeoKharon, A.K. Schultz of SVT Robotics argued on the Robotics Stack podcast that factories have flat floors, so humanoid robots there should keep their upper body and roll on wheels instead of using legs. The post says Schultz has deployed about $750M of robotics. It also says South Korea's NEUBILITY made a similar bet with Billi, a wheeled industrial logistics robot that avoids obstacles and sorts goods.
According to a post on X by @LeoKharon, A.K. Schultz of SVT Robotics argued on the Robotics Stack podcast that factories have flat floors, so humanoid robots there should keep their upper body and roll on wheels instead of using legs. The post says Schultz has deployed about $750M of robotics. It also says South Korea's NEUBILITY made a similar bet with Billi, a wheeled industrial logistics robot that avoids obstacles and sorts goods.
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On the Robotics Stack podcast, A.K. Schultz of SVT Robotics, who has deployed about $750M of robotics, argued factories are flat floors, so humanoids there should keep the upper body and roll. South Korea's NEUBILITY made the same bet with Billi, a wheeled industrial logistics robot that avoids obstacles and sorts...
The argument points to a design choice for builders and businesses weighing humanoid robots for factory and logistics work. According to the post, wheeled designs are simpler and cheaper than legs, so teams planning automation may want to watch whether more companies adopt wheeled humanoid designs. The source is a social post with a cut-off snippet, so the full podcast and company details should be checked before drawing conclusions.
Hardware and robotics watchers may want to track whether this becomes a product, benchmark, or deployment signal.
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