A humanoid robot-shaped bubble is forming, China warns

A humanoid robot bubble could beryllium brewing, warned China’s starring economical readying bureau connected Thursday. The alert comes amid increasing fears that a bubble successful a related manufacture — AI — is astir to burst. 

Speaking astatine a property briefing, National Development and Reform Commission spokesperson Li Chao said China’s humanoid robotics manufacture needs to equilibrium “the velocity of maturation against the hazard of bubbles.” Investment has been pouring into the assemblage contempt determination being fewer proven usage cases for the bots, Li said, risking a flood of “highly similar” models arsenic backing for probe and improvement shrinks.

More than 150 humanoid robotics companies are operating successful China, Li said. More than fractional are startups oregon entrants from different industries. 

The informing marks a uncommon enactment of caution from Beijing for an manufacture it has declared captious for aboriginal economical growth. Earlier this year, China designated embodied quality — the exertion down humanoid robotics — a nationalist priority.