Comment on China's humanoid robot firms make up half of exhibitors at CES 2026

MBech@feddit.dk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This was at CES, it’s basically one massive advertisement for trendy bs. Most of the american firms represented were there for AI, since the push for consumer robotics is mostly a dying fad in the US and AI is the hot new thi f.

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• miseducator@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Doesn’t seem like the Chinese ones are as advanced as Atlas from Boston Dynamics. Check this fella out!

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  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Which is now owned by Hyundai.

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    • infeeeee@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Which is South Korean

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      • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s our Chinese against their Chinese.

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  • humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Unitree, even judging from dance/kung fu demos, but also for price and availability seems far ahead. 10k humanoid shipments in 2025. Agibot about the same volume. They both have open development environments, afaiu. Atlas $160k vapourware future price, or especially mechahitler controlled $250k price on closed systems will be hard sales compared to expected Chinese/Unitree progress.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5GphCrjx98

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    • miseducator@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sure, price is cheaper on smaller robots with little practical function.

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      • humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You’re right that in demos, atlas focuses on practical tasks, and it does have great hands. I have seen the Chinese bots sort items from a conveyor belt and fold clothes. Given the price gap, I think China could add good hands and be competitive, but as an open platform, its similar to early PCs, and customers could dream about adding hands. It’s a huge deal to ship stuff for sale to anyone. The big lead china has is in the motor miniaturization, it seems to me.

        comparisons that make Atlas look better than the video included in my response. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3NkPU9nSr

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  • Substance_P@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wasn’t it been controlled by a person in the audience? We need a “RoboCop” style demonstration for us to know what autonomous looks like.

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    • humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      or choreographed. Definitely not a task demo, although they have made some.

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• NEILSON_MANDALA@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  everyone says the chinese bots are superior as you don’t ask them what happened in tiananmen square in 1989

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  • MBech@feddit.dk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Does Tiananmen Square have anything to do with Chinas ability to create robots?

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