China's Humanoid Robots Face Commercial Test: $22K Price Tag Needed to Pay Off
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-08-18
Beyond marathons and backflips, China's robot makers face the real commercial test: economics.
Guotai Securities estimates that an industrial humanoid would need to cost about 160,000 yuan including maintenance to pay for itself within two years, compared with a worker earning 80,000 yuan annually.
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