“Humanoids will soon replace most human workers”: A debate

Hesheng Wang, Michael Wang, Frank Park, Lijun Han, Huichan Zhao, XingXing Wang, Andra Keay, Shigeki Sugano, Yi Guo, Tamim Asfour, Yu Sun, Ken Goldberg

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DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aeh6422
Published: 2026-05-13
Container: Science Robotics
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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@article{allodium:10.1126/scirobotics.aeh6422,
  title = {“Humanoids will soon replace most human workers”: A debate},
  author = {Hesheng Wang and Michael Wang and Frank Park and Lijun Han and Huichan Zhao and XingXing Wang and Andra Keay and Shigeki Sugano and Yi Guo and Tamim Asfour and Yu Sun and Ken Goldberg},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Science Robotics},
  doi = {10.1126/scirobotics.aeh6422},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.aeh6422}
}

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TY  - JOUR
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AU  - Hesheng Wang
AU  - Michael Wang
AU  - Frank Park
AU  - Lijun Han
AU  - Huichan Zhao
AU  - XingXing Wang
AU  - Andra Keay
AU  - Shigeki Sugano
AU  - Yi Guo
AU  - Tamim Asfour
AU  - Yu Sun
AU  - Ken Goldberg
PY  - 2026
JO  - Science Robotics
DO  - 10.1126/scirobotics.aeh6422
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Wang, H., Wang, M., Park, F., Han, L., Zhao, H., Wang, X., Keay, A., Sugano, S., Guo, Y., Asfour, T., Sun, Y., & Goldberg, K. (2026). “Humanoids will soon replace most human workers”: A debate. Science Robotics. https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.aeh6422

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