This was at CES, it’s basically one massive advertisement for trendy bs. Most of the american firms represented were there for AI and wearable tech, since the push for consumer robotics is mostly a dying fad in the US and AI is the hot new thing.
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.
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.
For some reason I’m confident the chinese robots are better than the american ones.
This was at CES, it’s basically one massive advertisement for trendy bs. Most of the american firms represented were there for AI and wearable tech, since the push for consumer robotics is mostly a dying fad in the US and AI is the hot new thing.
Doesn’t seem like the Chinese ones are as advanced as Atlas from Boston Dynamics. Check this fella out!
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5GphCrjx98
Sure, price is cheaper on smaller robots with little practical function.
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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3NkPU9nSr
Which is now owned by Hyundai.
Which is South Korean
It’s our Chinese against their Chinese!
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.
or choreographed. Definitely not a task demo, although they have made some.
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Does Tiananmen Square have anything to do with China’s ability to create robots?