Robots and artificial intelligence are becoming increasingly important in everyday life. Now the Chinese government has stated that there is a lot of hope for human-like robots. They aim to start mass production by 2025.
Robots are already being used as support in some technical areas, but we are still far from true humanoid robots. However, China wants to change this now with the support of large investments. The focus is on the year 2025, and that may not be so far-fetched.
Chinese company presents the “most advanced robot in the world”
A few months ago (in August 2023), the Chinese robotics company Unitree presented a completely new humanoid robot. The company itself referred to the robot H1 as the “most advanced in the world.”
The new model is 1.8 meters tall and weighs up to 47 kilograms. Additionally, the robot can reach a top speed of up to 5.5 km/h.
After the presentation, the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stated that it wants to build on these advancements: By 2025, it aims to produce humanoid robots in mass production (via 3djuegos.com).
How is that supposed to work? The government itself does not want to produce robots, but rather improve the capabilities of the leading companies in the country through investments. It hopes that the potential of these companies will grow and that firms like “Unitree” will then be able to start mass production of the mentioned humanoid robots by 2025.
Plans sound more unrealistic than they might actually be
How likely is all of this? The time frame sounds very short at first, because we are talking about “only” around 14 months, if you do not include the year 2025 itself in the calculation.
Colleagues from Techspot report that some researchers have been comparing the technological advancements of different countries for some time. Surprisingly, it has been found that China reportedly outpaces the USA in 37 out of 44 important research areas and technologies, including AI, robotics, defense, and key areas of quantum technology.
And another indication of the technical development is that the Chinese government now wants to invest a lot of money in corresponding companies that have made a name for themselves in relevant fields.
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