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
. @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
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.”
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,
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. www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...