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2,056 Robots in Beijing: Reading the World Humanoid Robot Games as an Industrial Document
China supplied 96% of the field. But the most informative thing in Beijing is the rulebook — which events require autonomy, and which still allow a human at the controls. Continue reading
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China Has Won the Humanoid Factory Race. Now It Has a Demand Problem
Ten days ago, AcadeResearch argued that China had built the humanoid factories first. Continue reading
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China Just Hit Humanoid Factory Scale Before the US Did. Here’s What That Actually Means
On May 29, a Chinese factory in Shenzhen began shipping a full-size humanoid robot every 15 minutes. The story is not who built the most impressive robot. Continue reading