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Humanoid Robot Development Seen as Vital to the Future of Manufacturing

Peggy Johnson, chief executive officer of Agility Robotics Inc., right, during a demonstration with a Digit humanoid robot on June 5 at the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco. — Peggy Johnson, chief executive officer of Agility Robotics Inc., right, during a demonstration with a Digit humanoid robot on June 5 at the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco.
Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

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By Edward Ludlow

June 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM UTC

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Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter with reporting and analysis about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Ed Ludlow reports on the development of humanoid robots and their importance to the future of manufacturing.

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