China’s Obsession with Lifelike Robots is Getting Out of Hand
There are easily dozens of companies today working toward robots that are barely distinguishable from real people. Almost all of them are in China.
Tsinghua University is one of China’s most prestigious research universities and a central pipeline for talent in engineering, computer science and artificial intelligence. Based in Beijing, the university plays a major role in China’s robotics and AI ecosystem.
There are easily dozens of companies today working toward robots that are barely distinguishable from real people. Almost all of them are in China.
Beijing’s RobotEra is scaling into thousands of units with substantial financial backing as its humanoids take over human jobs for some of the world’s largest logistics companies.
The robotic tennis player recently pulled off a shocking rally against a human opponent after teaching itself to play in a way similar to how human athletes train.
A new Chinese humanoid robot just burst onto the scene doing a full airborne backflip, which its developers say is made possible with its unprecedented power.
A few years into the humanoid robotics frenzy, prices are already plummeting.
The rising startup RobotEra, maker of the world’s fastest bipedal humanoid robot, is pushing a suite of AI-powered humanoids to market with significant financial backing.
The world’s fastest bipedal humanoid robot has a new record. It’s the first robot to use chopsticks.
The humanoid robotics market is heating up. By all accounts, this is just the beginning.