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Focus Question - Robotics

Started [MONTH 2026]

What does “safe” mean when a humanoid robot lives in your home?

Sketches and field notes about humanoid robots, home environments, and safety spread across a desk.

Robots are being designed to share household kitchens, hallways and living rooms. Before anyone can call one safe, it helps to know what “safe” means, who decides, and what it has to cover. This work moves through the issue one smaller question at a time.

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    Who decides which definition of “safe” counts?

  2. Q.03 · Up next

    When something goes wrong, who is responsible?