CHINA’S Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has released a plan to mass-produce humanoid robots by 2025.
The country has very high hopes for humanoid robot tech and believes they have the opportunity to reshape the world.
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It believes humanoid robots can be helpful for industries like health care home services, agriculture, and logistics.
The MIIT announced the plans and an outline for the humanoid robots in a document on November 2.
It has a goal of having around 500 robots per 10,000 workers by 2025.
The document has been referred to as “short on details but big on ambition,” per Bloomberg.
It includes a strategy to develop the robots and how they can be implemented to better different industries along with everyday life.
The MIIT has compared robot tech advancement to computers and smartphones and believes they can have a similar impact in improving various life aspects.
The MIIT expects the humanoid robots to reach an “advanced level” by 2025.
“They are expected to become disruptive products after computers, smartphones, and new energy vehicles,” a translation of the document said.
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Although Humanoid robots are still currently not perfected and need support in their current status.
The MIIT also is encouraging the use of artificial intelligence to help advance humanoid robots.
China has had its eye on companies that are producing commercial humanoid robots including Agility Robotics.
Agility Robotics is currently testing out its robots with Amazon at a warehouse near Seattle.
The robot company also revealed plans to produce 10,000 robots every year starting in 2024 if everything works out, per a September release.
However, Agility Robots is hopeful to bring robot tech to new heights, it is being realistic about how it is still new overall and will be a slow and steady race.
“In the near term, we expect a slow and steady uptick of Digit deployments,” Agility Robotics CEO Damion Shelton told Insider.
“We believe mass integration will eventually occur, but bipedal robots are still a relatively new advancement.”
