Humanoids: from Spectacle to Scale | Bloomberg Tech: Asia 5/29/2026

The race to bring humanoid robots into the real world begins in earnest. Bloomberg Intelligence says humanoids will be the next big tech platform in the coming decade. Shery Ahn discusses the challenges of commercializing and scaling a fast-growing industry with Google DeepMind, Honda’s Frontier Robotics, and Bloomberg Intelligence, at the Humanoid Summit in Tokyo.

Chapters:
00:00:00 – Bloomberg Tech: Asia begins
00:00:44 – The business model and market for humanoid robots
00:03:15 – Google DeepMind Head of Robotics Carolina Parada on AI for robots
00:10:04 – Honda R&D Frontier Robotics’ Takahide Yoshiike on robotic hands
00:17:19 – Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Ian Ma on scaling the humanoid robotics industry
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