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@kamenidriss
January 8, 2026 at 4:10 pm
The US needs to run like hell on robotics and catch up to China
@daShadoSage
January 8, 2026 at 4:13 pm
Quality wise, China is not ahead of US. Their robots aren’t doing anything Japanese and American robots haven’t been doing for years or did first recently. China has quantity. A whole bunch of robotics startups seeking attention and trying to carve out space in the crowd. Most will fail, others will combine. Only a handful will become world-class.
Edit: Well China’s strength may lie in the sheer deployment of manufacturing robotics
@cloudstrife4860
January 8, 2026 at 5:46 pm
@daShadoSage China can scale and implement new knowledge into the industries much faster than others. yes, they are not that true innovative like the US but they have long term plans and strategy. The results are i.e. BYD, CATL oder Deepseek. They will catch up quickly
@andrew8531
January 8, 2026 at 6:19 pm
We are going to kill the population. Robot wives coming.
@daShadoSage
January 8, 2026 at 6:34 pm
“Autonomous charging [EV issue so I guess fueling is what is meant], deployment, maintenance, cleaning, fleet monitoring, service, insurance, and the raw cost of the vehicle [not a factor for legacy manufacturers]” He asked about Nvidia, but when did Tesla provide solutions to these either?