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A look at China's rapidly expanding robotics sector, which now has roughly 140 companies hoping to build humanoids, fueled by massive state-backed investments

How close are we to the sci-fi vision of autonomous humanoid robots?  I visited 11 companies in five Chinese cities to find out

The Guardian Chang Che

Discussion

  • @stevehou Steve Hou on x
    China is running away with robotics while the US is bogged down in yet another expensive ME misadventure as though the last 20 years didn't happen. In China, robotics esp humanoid cos just seem to have a lot more real testing ground to experiment hence data. “Dense web” forming. …
  • @davidheniguk David Henig on x
    Today the UK will formally announce protections for steel production. Meanwhile this extraordinary piece on China's development of robotics shows the potential prospect for the future of manufacturing jobs i.e. further diminished. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
  • @changxche Chang Che on x
    Takeaways from Reporting on Chinese Robots
  • @scott_r_singer Scott Singer on x
    . @Changxche is doing some of the best journalism on AI in China. His latest on robotics in China — ranging increasingly proliferating robotics training centers and local governments exploring how to work with technical experts to deploy the latest tech — is definitely worth
  • @chris_j_paxton Chris Paxton on x
    I wonder if the fact that Chinese development is so local is a large part of why people are so optimistic about technology. Its not a far away thing; all the winners might not be in, say, shanghai. “In China, local governments compete against each other. Each city — Hangzhou,
  • @kyleichan Kyle Chan on x
    Must-read piece on Chinese robotics: “We commercialise one generation of robots,” Xu said. Many of that generation inevitably fail. “Then we build the next generation.”