Copy BOM Is Fine, Copying Product Definition Is the Real Worry in Humanoid Robotics
yongqianme · x · 2026-09-27
The author observes that humanoid robotics startups tend to follow US peers' choices: RealSense for vision, Tesla-style five-finger tendon hands, industrial deployments after Figure, and simplified three-finger hands after Sunday Robotics' Memo. Each is defensible on its own, but the real concern is copying product definition — letting US companies decide what robots should be.
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