🤖 China Warns of a 'Bubble" in Humanoid Robotics

Beijing's top planner—the National Development and Reform Commission—warned the booming humanoid-robot sector may be overheating, saying frontier industries must "balance the speed of growth against the risk of bubbles." Officials noted more than 150 companies are now building humanoid robots, raising concerns that rapid, copy-cat production could outpace real use cases and funding for deeper R&D.

The NDRC urged firms to avoid flooding the market with "highly similar" models and said it will work with other departments to speed up the development of standards, evaluation systems, and healthier entry/exit rules to protect innovation.

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