Humanoid Robots Still Lack AI Technology, Unitree CEO Says
(Bloomberg) – According to the founder of one of the prominent robot developers China, artificial intelligence technology remains an important challenge for the sector to bring humanoid robots into the mainstream.
The specialist knowledge could be achieved in just one to three years, said Wang Xingxing, Chief Executive Officer from Hangzhou UNTREE Technology Co Ltd. He now compared the surroundings with the Chatgpt Breakout moment in 2022 when Openais Chatbot became an immediate hit and made Ai a household.
“It feels like we were on the point one to three years before chatt,” said Wang Xingxing, CEO from Hangzhou Unireree Technology Co Ltd., on Saturday to the World Robots Conference in Beijing. “The industry knows which direction we should go, and it is only that nobody has materialized that.”
His prediction takes place in the middle of a race among Chinese robotics companies to make their products affordable, even if real applications remain vague, which Wang himself said at the conference.
Companies in China have set up human robots for attempts in factories to carry out tasks such as sorting materials and quality tests. A central challenge for the great commitment at the moment is the lack of good AI models for humanoid robots, said Wang.
UNTREE meets growing investor and consumer euphoria for China's skills in an emerging area without a clear guide.
UNTREE has introduced its R1 bot for 39,900 Yuan (5,900 US dollars), although it does not yet have to be brought into mass production, said Wang. The motor Ki based in Shenzhen also said that a robot from 38,500 Yuan was shortly.
In 2025, Chinese humanoids left a half marathon, took part in a kickboxing tournament and played football. But these events were not exactly technological triumph-the most participants in the half marathon stumbled, fumbled or failed to complete the race. Nevertheless, they underlined the ambitions of the country to obtain and surpass the United States in state -of -the -art areas.
The profile of UNTREE rose after his humanoids were presented at this year's National Spring Festival Gala. At the beginning of this week it released a video with a mechanical dog that turned on one leg and navigated rocky terrain.
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