China's UBTECH Opens Plant Making a Humanoid Robot Every 10 Minutes
yogthos · reddit · 2026-09-17
Chinese robotics company UBTECH has opened a new factory it says can produce a humanoid robot every 10 minutes, a sign that humanoid robots are moving from lab demos to mass manufacturing. The report sparked Reddit discussion about what this production scale means for costs and the industry.
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