AnalysisRoboticsJuly 19, 2026
How to avoid the teleoperation trap in robotics development

In 18 months, humanoid robotics companies raised billions of dollars — much of it quietly funding human teleoperators rather than autonomous AI, argues Nikita Rudin. Flexion instead pitches reinforcement learning and sim-to-real training platforms as the fix.
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