Human-Shaped Robots: What's the Point? (Hannover Messe edition)
Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast
- Published
- April 30, 2026
- Duration
- 11:00
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 27, 2026
Discusses In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, IndustryWeek's Dennis Scimeca and Machin…
Summary
In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, IndustryWeek's Dennis Scimeca and Machine Design's Rehana Begg talk all of the walking robots at Hannover Messe, the massive trade show that took place in Germany in late April. Amongst the automation equipment, software, machines and controllers were a lot of upright, humanoid robots. In nearly …
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In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, IndustryWeek's Dennis Scimeca and Machine Design's Rehana Begg talk all of the walking robots at Hannover Messe, the massive trade show that took place in Germany in late April. Amongst the automation equipment, software, machines and controllers were a lot of upright, humanoid robots. In nearly every hall at the show, robots walked arounds. Some danced, some picked up small objects and put them in a box, some waved to passersby and som