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The team at RethinkX have created a calculator to dial in assumptions about how much robots will cost, how long they will last, and how productive they will be relative to humans.

Based on how many millions of robots we want to add to the workforce, we calculate the total cost and returns on that investment in robots.

Imagine 2, 5 or even 10 robots for every person—never resting, never tiring, just working, producing. Go ahead and dial it into the calculator.

- Adam Dorr, RethinkX Director of Research

How much should we invest in humanoid robotics?

Committing a single-digit percentage of GDP to deploying humanoid robotics would result in a superabundance of goods, services and overall prosperity that is utterly staggering.

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