if you want an overview of where humanoid robots are at right now — what's hype and what's real — then check out my long read for @harpers.bsky.social. here's me teleopping a humanoid, and yes i was told MANY times "do not take off the headset until you've disconnected"

harpers.org/archive/2025...

it's also such a perfect gesture to symbolize resignation, "i'm out," etc, I bet it gets adopted by humans. kids miming taking their headset off when particularly exasperated, occasionally falling over for extra emphasis