This AI robot startup thinks humanoids are overrated

**From Business Insider’s Rya Jetha:** 
There’s a new entrant in the race to build a general-purpose robot, and it does not look human.

Robotics startup Genesis AI unveiled Eno on Tuesday, a wheeled robot with two arms, but instead of legs, it has a three-panel body that can adjust its height and fold down when not in use.

Zhou Xian, CEO of Genesis AI, said the company plans to produce dozens of robots by the end of the year and begin small-scale customer deployments. Eno will first roll out with manufacturers, logistics companies, and laboratories. Service industry customers will follow, and the robot will eventually be available for homes.

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While many of Genesis AI’s competitors are designing robots that look human, Xian said Genesis AI wanted to build a more timeless machine that could fit into different settings, from data centers to home kitchens. Users can customize Eno’s color depending on the setting it’s in.

The robot still has some human-like features because Genesis AI trains its models on human data, so its basic structure needs to resemble the human body. But the company intentionally removed legs because wheels are more energy efficient, stable, and safe. It also skipped a head to avoid building a “dystopian-looking robot” or giving Eno traits that would encourage people to treat it like a person.

“We didn’t want it to be too cute,” he said. “We have a design philosophy called calm intelligence. The robot does the job, and then it disappears.”

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Humanoids are overrated, however robots are still worse.