Caroline Hyde

There are so many things to take away from being here this week.

Let's, I think, focus on the humanoid robot form factor at least, but...

Your main impression with those on display, I think Atlas is probably top of mind for many.

Last night when I was here with Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Plater, the wait to go and see Atlas was two hours.

What do you make of that?

You're also a professor at Stanford, and the academic discussion here, which I've loved, has been, hey, guys, we think we've solved the software problem.

Have we solved the software problem?

So it really depends on... There comes a point where moving a box from one part of the table to the other part of the table is no longer impressive.

When we think about the solution of integration, a lot of companies want to talk about how they're the vertically integrated company.

They are making not just the hardware, but the software too.

So where are you getting it in?

How many of these 14 humanoids that we see here at CES are you putting your open software to work in?

I want to go back to the very thesis of whether you want a humanoid at all.

Boston Dynamics' perspective is, in the interim, before we have manufacturing units that are purpose-built for robots, a humanoid makes sense because it has to work side-along humans and augment them or at least replace them.

Eventually, maybe that's not the form factor we want.

I don't think I want a form factor of a humanoid in my home, to be perfectly frank.

You're seeing a lot more of these sort of soft, cuddly toys for companionship and the way that they talk.

What will robots look like in the future?

What do you call your humanoid?

Iris?