In China, CEO Wang Xingxing of Unitree stated at the World Robot Conference that humanoid robots may take 2 to 10 years to achieve a significant breakthrough. This prediction reflects a change from his earlier estimate of five years. Despite impressive performances, Unitree's robots still require retraining for new tasks and are less efficient than humans.
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