The ‘robot Olympics’ were spectacular – but will this technology end up helping humans?

In the past few days your social media feeds may have been full of videos of humanoid robots sprinting, jumping and performing various incredible (and not so incredible) feats. This is because the second World Humanoid Robot Games have just finished in Beijing. It featured many incredible sights, but some of the more mundane events offered more insight into how this technology will eventually help humans. Robots are now faster than people Commonly referred to as the robot Olympics, this event…