[ExI] Robot Olympics reveal humanoids rapid progress​, and flaws

[John Clark]

*The following article was in the August 27, 2026 issue of the journal
Nature, and I found this quotation to be especially interesting:  *

*"If I ask you which is harder — folding laundry or doing a backflip — most
people will say folding laundry is way easier. But for humanoids, doing a
task that we do in our daily lives is actually way harder than a backflip.”*

*Robot Olympics reveal humanoids rapid progress, and flaws*
<https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02713-z>

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