{"id":227136,"date":"2026-06-05T22:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T02:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/china-can-build-humanoids-at-scale-the-hard-part-is-finding-enough-buyers\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T04:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T08:00:17","slug":"china-can-build-humanoids-at-scale-the-hard-part-is-finding-enough-buyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/china-can-build-humanoids-at-scale-the-hard-part-is-finding-enough-buyers\/","title":{"rendered":"China can build humanoids at scale. The hard part is finding enough buyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehour.com\/news\/world\/article\/china-can-build-humanoids-at-scale-the-hard-part-22293633.php\">China can build humanoids at scale. The hard part is finding enough buyers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehour.com\/news\/world\/article\/china-can-build-humanoids-at-scale-the-hard-part-22293633.php\">https:\/\/www.thehour.com\/news\/world\/article\/china-can-build-humanoids-at-scale-the-hard-part-22293633.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-05 22:21:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.thehour.com\">www.thehour.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In May 2026, workers at the LY iTech Beijing Super Factory assemble components for humanoid robots for Embodied Artificial Intelligence during a media tour in Beijing&#8217;s E-Town.<\/li>\n<li>Chinese-made humanoid robots are gaining attention for their capabilities, including performing backflips, directing traffic, and making coffee to address aging population and rising labor costs.<\/li>\n<li>Research and development for humanoid robots is heavily concentrated in China and the United States, which dominate the estimated $5 trillion humanoid robots market. <\/li>\n<li>Despite thousands of orders for humanoid robots from both governmental and private entities, experts argue that demand does not match the current production capacity.<\/li>\n<li>China leads the global humanoid robot market with significant state support, targeting advanced technology, including humanoid robots in their 2026-2030 five-year plan.<\/li>\n<li>Companies like Matrix Robotics and EngineAI have received hundreds of orders for their humanoid robots, which find initial applications in industries like logistics, hospitality, and entertainment.<\/li>\n<li>Despite the high initial costs and complexities in making humanoid robots functional in real-life, scenarios, production costs are expected to decrease as manufacturing and data accumulation improve.<\/li>\n<li>The development of humanoid robots in China faces challenges like accumulating sufficient data for training robots to perform complex tasks reliably.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China can build humanoids at scale. 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