Maybe you've not heard of David Hanson robots... They've created a robot called Sophia, I believe she's more advanced as though she has all these features for as far as my research can tell...
Sophia is a human-like Robot, created by a team of Inspired Robotics, AI Scientists and designers. Just the most advanced human-like Robot of David Hanson's dreams for the future of AI.
Some time back, they was some merging of robots and human artists to work on the creation of NFTs...
I do agree on the world taking on automation, yes it will cause some job losses, but it will open up room for more, this is where people call tech the new oil business, and it's basically not a lie... The same interests oil sectors have had in the past, will be tripled in the tech industry...
I haven't heard about Sophia, but I agree there are many more who are working hard in robotics.