There's nothing in that post claiming those problems will never be solved. I understand the claim as "the hardware conponent of robotics needs more work and this will take some time, compared to AI capabilities/software" Or soemthing like that.

Maybe you could clarify what your experience on the matter is, how the state of th art looks to you, and most of all what timelines you imagine?

Just look up “fine dexterous manipulation with pressure feedback” to see the SOTA for dexterous manipulation

There’s at least a half dozen products, two recently from Unitree and Allegro announced.

Rodney Brooks wrote about the challenges - but frankly it was a submarine piece for his work

https://rodneybrooks.com/why-todays-humanoids-wont-learn-dex...

you are talking high cost emvironments, at least for the moment?

Come on... show me a robot that can run a farm that grows organic produce at an affordable price. It is the lowest wage job out there. Automating it would make prices far out of range for the 99% - but the billionaires could care less?

You need an AI to do that, affordable robots are already here but the intelligence is not.