Social RoboticsChina sets goal of mass-producing humanoid robots by 2025
A ministry guideline named humanoids a future growth engine and called for advances in AI 'brains' including large language models.
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued guidance setting out a plan for humanoid robot development, aiming to be ready for mass production by 2025 and for humanoids to drive economic growth by 2027. The document targets uses including healthcare and home services alongside manufacturing and dangerous work. It calls for applying large language models and other AI to the robots' reasoning and movement, plus stronger testing and standards. State backing on this scale reshaped the global humanoid race, including robots built for homes and care.
Source: The Robot Report
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