And that's the part that makes me wonder if BD will ever "make it", starting 20 years ago they probably had to make quite specialized algorithms with a ton of h

And that's the part that makes me wonder if BD will ever "make it", starting 20 years ago they probably had to make quite specialized algorithms with a ton of hardcoding to make their robots work (and it was impressive then). Just starting 15, 10 or even 5 years ago neural networks have been acing these kinds of "balancing" problems in other areas but with an entirely different architecture. In 2025 with the rapid expansion of other "AI" fields, I would expect a robot to weld a scaffold from loose parts and THEN cartwheel off it, go to a human handler and pick up an rifle and then hit a target 100 meters away (or similarly "different" task from the welding to show versatility).