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  • What’s holding humanoids back? This expert’s answer might surprise you

    What’s holding humanoids back? This expert’s answer might surprise you

    Arjun Dutt, a partner at Bain & Company, spoke with me a couple of weeks ago on the global consultancy’s views on how robotics technologies are evolving.

    Arjun recently co-authored a note on the impact of early commercialisation of humanoid robots — how that will likely play out in three waves, from ‘brownfield’ plants to eventually, our homes.
    You can catch the full conversation via the related post below. Here’s a short chapter with Arjun briefly explaining the four critical areas in which advancements are needed before humanoids can be more human-like.

    And one technology might be holding back even faster adoption of these robots. It might surprise you to know that it’s not intelligence.

  • Beyond Government: Gokul NA’s hard truths for industry in deep tech

    Beyond Government: Gokul NA’s hard truths for industry in deep tech

    Once upon a time, it used to be a popular joke in many industry speeches in India — one that government leaders used to sportively join in — that the IT services industry grew “despite the government.” Of course, it was untrue. Several forward-thinking officials and technocrats in governments both at the central and state levels played a strong role in helping that industry grow. As did many top political leaders.

    Today, with deep tech, while micro-procedural frustrations still very much remain, no one needs to say they need to grow despite the government. Public support is visible and hundreds of thousands of crores of rupees are being committed in mission mode to R&D and Innovation.

    In a recent conversation with India Tech Report, Gokul NA, founder of CynLr, a robotics venture based in Bengaluru, spoke about the other side of the table — those representing private industry, and what they need to do if India’s deep tech ventures are to have a serious chance in the long term.

    Catch the full conversation by clicking on the the related post link below. Here’s two minutes on the need for exporting “homegrown IP,” building world-class research clusters and more.