Figure says they are building the world’s first commercially viable autonomous humanoid robot, but I wonder if UBTech will get there before them. In most Western countries we’ve allowed our manufacturing capacity to be hollowed out; China has formidable advantages when it comes to building and deploying these robots in their millions.

Figure’s and UBTech’s robots look like they are already capable of useful work. Based on these demos it looks like they could do a wide variety of simple unskilled work - stacking supermarket shelves, cleaning, warehouse work, etc

I wonder how soon people will be able to buy one of these.