Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   A company called Realbotix is taking pre-orders for its Series 1 humanoid robots.   These are designed for face to face interactions…and not moving around doing work in factories or cleaning your house.   Think education, hospitality, healthcare.   And pricing begins at about 12 thousand dollars.  About the need…and what it does to job markets for us…CEO Andrew Kiguel says..

“The gold standard in all of this is to have a human.  But there are shortages of teachers in the United States, there are shortages in Europe of caregivers. So I think robotics with strong personality and AI can help enrich the lives of people who are using them when there are no other alternatives available.”

Check out our full interview online and there’s more info at Realbotix.com.

You can find us at Techstination.com.   I’m Fred Fishkin.