Humanoid Robots Being Mass Produced in China [Video]

What’s New

A Chinese technology company announced earlier this week that it has begun the mass production of general-purpose robots.

AgiBot, also known as Zhiyuan, a start-up that launched in February 2023, released a video on its website of its new robots on December 16.

The firm has manufactured nearly 1,000 of the humanoid robots so far, according to The Global Times.

Newsweek has contacted AgiBot via email for comment.

Why It Matters

The U.S. has also been pushing the development of humanoid robots, with Tesla showcasing the latest iteration of it’s own bot at the We, Robot event in October. It now seems the U.S. is in a race against China to be the first country with humanoid robots available for commercial use.

CEO Elon Musk said on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, earlier this year that Tesla would have its robots ready for companies by 2026, showing both countries are hot on …