China replicates robot box-folding demo 3 months later with much cheaper hardware
Scobleizer · x · 2026-11-03
- Generalist AI's June demo folding boxes on UR robot arms was called the best robot demo of the year by Georg Stieler.
- Just 3 months later, Fairino showed a similar task in Shanghai, using Chinese AI and much cheaper hardware.
- The rapid iteration is cited as evidence of the speed of China's robotics development, discussed with a Reuters journalist.
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