Robots keep falling on their faces — Silicon Valley has a plan to fix it
Humanoid robots are facing challenges in their development, highlighted by recent incidents where they malfunctioned in public settings. Companies like microAGI are exploring innovative solutions to gather the vast amounts of data needed for training these robots. This includes offering free home cleaning services in exchange for filming the sessions to provide real-world training data.
- ▪Humanoid robots have recently faced public malfunctions, including a robot collapsing at a marathon.
- ▪Companies require significantly more data to train humanoid robots compared to other AI systems.
- ▪microAGI's Shift is offering free home cleanings in exchange for filming the sessions to train robots.
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NYNEXT Business Robots keep falling on their faces — Silicon Valley has a plan to fix it By Lydia Moynihan Published June 4, 2026, 6:28 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google It’s been a rough few weeks for humanoid robots. At a store in Shenzhen, China, ironically named “Future Era,” a robot face-planted while attempting to dance to “Billie Jean” and had to be dragged offstage. At the Beijing Half Marathon, another robot collapsed into a heap of parts on the course. While humanoid robots — like the ones from Neo, Figure and Boston Dynamics — are genuinely impressive and have generated a lot of excitement (the idea of never having to fold laundry again sounds dreamy), they aren’t exactly ready for primetime.
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