Robotics Expert Told Kore-eda: Human Clones Will Come Before Convincing Humanoid Robots

Palme d'Or winner Hirokazu Kore-eda consulted a robotics expert while writing his sci-fi film "Sheep in the Box." The expert told him "we would sooner have clones of humans than we would humanoid robots," because robots overheat. Thermal management remains a gating constraint on bipedal platforms, placing the film's child-sized robotic surrogate premise beyond today's engineering roadmap.