Dossier
Issac Li
Coverage of Issac Li in the Nexus archive.
- Chinese humanoid robots dominate the market with thousands shipped a year. But most are still performative rather than functional
Chinese humanoid robots are gaining market traction with capabilities like backflips and coffee-making, driven by government and private sector orders. However, experts note limited real-world functionality and demand lags behind production capacity, with China leading in manufacturing and the U.S. in AI development.