UBTECH opens humanoid robot factory producing one robot every 10 minutes
import_jmr · x · 2026-10-27
China's UBTECH has opened a humanoid-robot factory designed to output one robot every 10 minutes, with robots helping build more robots—a self-reinforcing loop where automation drives scale, cost down, and further factory automation. The post asks who sets the guardrails as the loop accelerates, and what America's answer is.
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