China plans to produce its first humanoid robots by 2025, aiming to alleviate human workload in various sectors, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The government will support young companies in the field, with startups like Fourier Intelligence planning to mass-produce humanoid robots. Meanwhile, in the U.S., Tesla continues to refine its bipedal robot, Optimus, and Agility Robotics is producing Digit droids for Amazon. Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot demonstrates the U.S.’s competitive droid design capabilities.
