Silicon Valley Robotics Rule #1: "You never ship the robots" as US lags behind China
heatherknight · x · 2026-08-29
Heather Knight retweeted a "Rule #1" of robotics in Silicon Valley: "You never ship the robots." The quoted tweet argues that Americans underestimate how far behind the US is in robotics: most "American" humanoids (e.g., Figure/Optimus) use Chinese parts; the US hasn't shipped a single bipedal humanoid; while the US produces small batches of 10-20 for R&D, China is shipping tens of thousands.
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