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The Pivot to Robots Has Already Begun | What The Future

Flash, a humanoid robot made by Chinese smartphone company Honor, just smashed the human world record for the half-marathon. I dive into why this smartphone company seems to be pivoting to humanoid robots and whether others may soon follow. Read more about it on CNET.com Why This Phone Company Is Now a (Record-Breaking) Robot Company…

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Flash, a humanoid robot made by Chinese smartphone company Honor, just smashed the human world record for the half-marathon. I dive into why this smartphone company seems to be pivoting to humanoid robots and whether others may soon follow.

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2:27 The Role of AI and Computer Vision
2:39 Car Companies and the History of Automation
3:19 Humanoids in the Consumer Market
3:45 China’s State Policy and Future Innovation
4:22 How Smartphone Tech Improves Robotics

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  1. @QueenFinSov

    April 26, 2026 at 8:03 am

    👍🏿👍🏿

  2. @masterd5613

    April 26, 2026 at 8:13 am

    I guess.

  3. @Shaggy-8392

    April 26, 2026 at 8:26 am

    Idiots are creating and walking into a nightmare of their own creation. They think they will use it to fight their foreign wars and colonialist enterprises but don’t seem to understand it will affect them as well.

    • @66cybertube

      April 26, 2026 at 8:46 am

      “They”? How about everyone? 😂😂😂

  4. @sirsquirrel6176

    April 26, 2026 at 8:50 am

    Guinness needs to only include humans in their world records

    • @Roady93

      April 26, 2026 at 4:14 pm

      Robot racism 😂

  5. @LunarCore1

    April 26, 2026 at 8:52 am

    They gonna kill us all

    • @JedEckert

      April 26, 2026 at 10:11 am

      100%

  6. @glen8584

    April 26, 2026 at 8:52 am

    How far away are we from a drone army? Dancing robots ya keep it on the fun side and hide what’s really going on.

    • @JedEckert

      April 26, 2026 at 10:10 am

      Check out some of the automated weapons systems that are being used by the Ukranian military.

    • @Persuadu

      April 26, 2026 at 2:28 pm

      @Stefanie-Jd made the EXACT same comment, so which one of you is the bot? LOL

  7. @kup4ever

    April 26, 2026 at 9:08 am

    Am I the only one bothered by how excited he is? A robot is faster than a human…ok. The revenge of the tech nerds is going to destroy us all lol

  8. @ddw6523

    April 26, 2026 at 9:11 am

    Only a few years now good bye useless humans 😂

  9. @imbroken73

    April 26, 2026 at 9:13 am

    Gunpowder we never learn.

  10. @southernplantsmen

    April 26, 2026 at 9:22 am

    No, no robots, they will get run over by our trucks. I’m not going to compete with a machine. Ill destroy it first.

  11. @JJs_playground

    April 26, 2026 at 9:42 am

    I want that robot phone.

  12. @Chrish1981

    April 26, 2026 at 10:34 am

    The race to see which company will win government contracts for drone ground troops 😁😂

  13. @ThisGuyRides

    April 26, 2026 at 11:07 am

    It’s a fancy remote controlled toy.

  14. @cysouthy3948

    April 26, 2026 at 11:21 am

    So a car with legs was faster than a human… 1:09

  15. @ballewho

    April 26, 2026 at 12:02 pm

    This robot did not finish the marathon without being controlled by a human. There is sufficient evidence that the robot by Honor fell down before the finish line and needed a team of people to get it back up and rebooted to finish the marathon. Also there is video footage of a person following the robot with a RC controller guiding it to the finish line.

  16. @Stefanie-Jd

    April 26, 2026 at 12:26 pm

    How far away are we from a drone army? Dancing robots ya keep it on the fun side and hide what’s really going on. ……

    • @Persuadu

      April 26, 2026 at 2:28 pm

      @glen8584 made the EXACT same comment, so which one of you is the bot? LOL

  17. @dearbulls

    April 26, 2026 at 12:47 pm

    Because Huawei is Chinese military tech company

  18. @pumpthewater419

    April 26, 2026 at 5:15 pm

    IRobot pro air ultra the worlds first Apple robot coming in 2035

  19. @chm2

    April 26, 2026 at 7:58 pm

    CCP gunna make Honor make a million of these and send them to Taiwan…

  20. @fastrabbit2962

    April 26, 2026 at 11:53 pm

    “separated for safety” for Who’s? The robot or the human?

  21. @CNET

    April 27, 2026 at 7:34 am

    Read more about it on CNET.com: Why This Phone Company Is Now a (Record-Breaking) Robot Company

  22. @RomanEmpire-lc4tb

    April 27, 2026 at 8:18 am

    Machine set a record.. it’s like saying my Toyota Prius can beat anyone in a marathon 😅

  23. @Nunyabiznas88

    April 27, 2026 at 11:04 am

    HEADLINE: A machine with infinite stamina is faster than a human…..DUH! 😂

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