Which humanoid has the most natural-looking gait right now?

[scott.andersson5]

@byang I can speak to this a bit. Elder care is one of the most emotionally appealing use cases and also one of the hardest, because it demands both physical safety around fragile people and social/communication skill that's still far behind the manipulation hype.

[karen.chen3]

@scott.andersson5 Slight correction, though the overall point stands: 'General purpose' in 2026 mostly means 'can be reprogrammed for a new task without new hardware,' not 'can walk into any environment and figure things out unsupervised.'

[sharonschmidt]

Pretty much this. One thing to add: The 'humanoid' form factor mostly wins on infrastructure compatibility, not raw efficiency - stairs, doors, and tools were all built for a human body plan, so a legged, two-armed robot slots into existing spaces without retrofitting them.

[park44]

@sharonschmidt Not sure I fully agree here. The labor-substitution narrative gets simplified a lot in pitch decks; the more honest framing right now is 'augmenting understaffed, high-turnover roles' rather than wholesale replacement. Anyway, good thread - following for more.