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Interview with Misumi Americas Executive: Humanoid Robot Prototypes Are Already Fast; Scaled Manufacturing Is the Next Challenge

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Robotics & Automation News interviewed Steve Ricketts, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Misumi Americas, about the manufacturing challenges of taking humanoid robots from prototype to mass production. He said actuators are the biggest bottleneck, with limited capacity for high-precision gear transmissions, rare-earth magnets, and five-axis machining. On cost reduction, he believes the main approaches are design simplification, component standardization, and a shift from machining to castings and injection molding. He expects common parts such as motors and bearings to move toward standardization, while software, hand design, and system architecture will remain proprietary.