Apptronik has a totally different approach to building humanoid robots

<p>Who will win the race to have the world’s first usable general purpose humanoid robot?</p> <p><br></p> <p>I thought I knew all the companies making general purpose robots:</p> <p> - Tesla</p> <p> - Sanctuary AI</p> <p> - Figure AI</p> <p> - Fourier Intelligence</p> <p> - Agility Robotics</p> <p> - Boston Dynamics</p> <p><br></p> <p>I was wrong ... there’s probably a bunch I don’t know. But one that popped up as interesting is Apptronik. They’re based in Austin TX, they&#39;re partnering with NASA, and they&#39;re building Apollo, a 5’8” 160-pound robot.</p> <p><br></p> <p>In this TechFirst, we chat with CEO Jeff Cardenas. And we learn that he has a completely different approach to building a humanoid robot than probably every other robotic company out there.</p>