Ask HN: What is the interesting use case of humanoid robotics?

[glaksmono]

I don't think there's a use case that really "works" yet at the moment and the exploration is still undergoing

curious if anyone have seen an interesting use case of humanoid robotics that "works"

[accrual]

I agree crash test dummy could be useful. Maybe the impact tests could actually improve the internal models by giving them training data on severe incidents.

Personally I would love to just be able to say "hey go get me $tool from the shop" and have it returned to me a bit later. Maybe I could ask about its journey and it can tell me about almost slipping on the ice outside while I'm busy working on whatever.

[glaksmono]

Lol, then why the hell we're spending so much time training the hand

[gregjor]

Misdirection from previous next big thing failures. Propping up stock prices.

https://harpers.org/archive/2025/12/kicking-robots-james-vin...

[digitalDM]

I like the idea of a crash test dummy.

[allears]

If you want a robot that does back flips and dance moves, they've got you covered pretty well

[KellyCriterion]

...well, as far as i can remember, that one guy in Tokyo(?) went brankrupt by trying to establish a robo-based "adult business" :-D