What we imagined robots would be doing by now, and why they aren’t. If you grew up watching sci-fi like I did, you probably expected humanoid robots to be everywhere by 2026. Walking factory floors. Filling labor gaps. Doing the dull, physical work we would rather avoid. Instead, Gartner predicts that by 2028 fewer than 100 companies will move humanoid robots beyond pilot programs, and fewer than 20 will deploy them at full operational scale in supply chains or manufacturing. I believe that...