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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The Unitree G1 base model is priced at $16,000. It doesn't often get talked about in discussions of robots, but I think Chinese manufacturing capability is very important. They will likely be the first to make affordable humanoid robots that take off at the consumer level and sell in the millions.

[โ€“] Downcount 1 points 8 months ago

I imagine a not so far future, where the same people buying aggressive dogs (for compensation) are buying robots with kung fu software preinstalled.