Industrial Automation & Robotics
Humanoid Compute, Security More Complex Than AVs
Reported by Semiconductor Engineering on 3 September 2026
Industrial Automation & Robotics
Reported by Semiconductor Engineering on 3 September 2026
Humanoid robotics is currently hiring out of automotive, and this is why. The compute, sensing and functional safety problems are recognisably the same as an autonomous vehicle, so a robotics start-up can shortcut years by taking people who have already shipped a safety-rated system.
For automotive employers that is a retention question, not an abstract one. The engineers most likely to be approached are the ones who have taken a system through certification, and they are exactly the ones hardest to replace.
Read the original at Semiconductor Engineering .
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