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title: "This soft humanoid robot is designed to be ‘physically safe and socially approachable’"
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description: "Fauna Robotics has unveiled Sprout, a 3.5-foot tall humanoid robot designed to be safe and approachable. With a soft padded exterior and expressive features, Sprout is inspired by friendly sci-fi robots. It has articulated limbs and grippers, making it suitable for household tasks or factory work, similar to Tesla's Optimus and Boston Dynamics' Atlas."
datetime: "2026-01-28T15:41:13.000Z"
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# This soft humanoid robot is designed to be ‘physically safe and socially approachable’

Sprout stands just 3.5-feet tall and is light enough for one person to carry around. | Screenshot: YouTube

A startup called Fauna Robotics has revealed a new humanoid robot called Sprout it's been developing over the past two years. Standing around 3.5-feet tall, Sprout's design, featuring a soft padded exterior, a wide head, and expressive mechanical eyebrows, was inspired by some of science fiction's friendlier robots like Baymax and Rosie Jetson, the startup's co-founder and CEO, Rob Cochran, told the _Associated Press_.

With articulated limbs and grippers for hands, Sprout looks ready to tackle dishes, tidy up around the home, or join a factory assembly line alongside humanoid robots like Tesla's Optimus and Boston Dynamics' Atlas. But that's …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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