As it turns out, not everyone is dying to share their living room with a hyper-agile, clanking metal predator. Cartwheel Robotics—the brainchild of a Boston Dynamics veteran who found his former employer’s output a tad “creepy”—is banking on Yogi, a “social robot” with a soft-touch exterior designed to be a genuine companion. Its primary mission is to serve as a “little sidekick,” which, let’s be honest, sounds a lot more civilised than the usual robotic drudgery of hauling crates until the juice runs out.
