Humanoid robot: The evolution of Kawasaki’s challenge

Humanoid industrial robots are always a little confusing for me. The human form is not best suited for industrial tasks, and by making specialised robot arms, you could improve efficiency etc. It's only if you need to interact with systems that were designed for humans, and can't be modified to work with a more efficient robot that you need humanoids

Looking at the video at the bottom of the page, the robot looks like an old man, especially in the trash bag throwing sequence. Compare that to the recent Chinese kung-fu robots video...