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China’s top robotics makers showcased their latest humanoid robots and robot dogs at the 2024 World Robot Conference on Wednesday, expressing optimism that these human-like and dog-like robots will enter every home in the future, even though mass production and deployment remain some distance away.

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<div><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" id="isPasted"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">China’s top robotics makers showcased their latest humanoid robots and robot dogs at the 2024 World Robot Conference on Wednesday, expressing optimism that these human-like and dog-like robots will enter every home in the future, even though mass production and deployment remain some distance away.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">At the exhibition venue, humanoid robots were seen performing simple tasks such as picking up items, walking through obstacles, and mimicking human gestures and expressions.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sotirios Stasinopoulos, Product Manager for Humanoid Robots at publicly listed UBTECH Robotics, thinks that the humanoid robot market could grow to be ten times the size of the EV market in the future, predicting that every household will eventually have 1-2 humanoid robots.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/4/4/apple-explores-making-personal-robots-report-935">Apple explores making personal robots: report</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Currently, humanoid robots are primarily used for simple inspection and internal logistics tasks in industrial production. Unitree’s Marketing Director Huang Jiawei told Reuters.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Beyond the industrial sector, some hotels in China are already using mobile delivery robots.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/4/12/training-a-robot-to-walk-on-the-moon-855">Training a robot to walk on the moon</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meng Yuan, Media Manager at Deep Robotics, said that their robot dogs have been deployed to rescue operations and firefighting, aiding rescuers by entering hazardous environments with toxic gasses or extreme heat for the first round of detection.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/8/8/ukraine-to-unleash-robot-dogs-on-its-front-lines-2132">Ukraine to unleash robot dogs on its front lines</a><br/><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/classified-odd/2024/4/13/hopping-space-robot-will-help-explore-asteroids-1049">Hopping space robot will help explore asteroids</a><br/><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/2024/7/12/south-korean-ai-robot-customizes-cosmetics-to-your-skin-1552">South Korean AI robot customizes cosmetics to your skin</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>(Production: Wang Shubing, Xiaoyu Yin, Florence Lo)</strong></span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="width:100px;display:inline-block;position:relative"></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>China’s top robotics makers showcased their latest humanoid robots and robot dogs at the 2024 World Robot Conference on Wednesday, expressing optimism that these human-like and dog-like robots will enter every home in the future, even though mass production and deployment remain some distance away.</p>

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