‘EV moment’ for humanoid robots may be 5 years away, UBS says – Global humanoid robot population will surpass 300 million by 2025, with annual demand reaching 86 million units, Swiss bank says
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3317545/ev-moment-humanoid-robots-may-be-5-years-away-ubs-says
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“The ‘EV moment’ [for humanoid robotics] may not happen within five years,” Phyllis Wang, China industrials analyst at UBS Securities, said at a briefing on Monday. Wang defined an “EV moment” as the pivotal breakthrough when technological bottlenecks were resolved, enabling sales to leap from 1 million to 10 million units in a five-year span. She noted that the much-hyped humanoid robotics sector was not yet at this turning point.
Despite near-term caution, Wang sees gradual progress, particularly in areas related to ageing societies, such as elderly care and labour shortages, as well as the reshaping of global manufacturing supply chains. UBS predicted that the global humanoid robot population would surpass 300 million by 2025, with annual demand reaching 86 million units and the market value of the industry chain ranging from US$1.4 trillion to US$1.7 trillion.
The humanoid robotics sector has been in the spotlight this year, notably after performances by Unitree Robotic’s dancing robots at China Central Television’s New Year’s Gala. Their presence at sports competitions, marathons and technology expos attracts wide attention.
300 million humanoid robots by this year? Surely that’s a typo.
They probably updated the numbers and dates for the same report for the last 10 years in a row.
At this stage the tech sector is a giant dumpster fire of wild claims and pseudo religious beliefs. It’s almost like the techbros believe they can make the future happen by day dreaming then tweeting about it. I read through the AI 2027 thing and it was clearly written by people with literally zero knowledge of industrial process, capacity or practical project management.
I have no idea how this will play out, but there will be a correction to mean at some point.
So are we going to talk about UBI yet or are we waiting for ChatGPT to give us the all-clear?
Where are they getting these “annual demand” numbers?
They need to hurry up, I’m sick of waiting. I was told about Bot Handy like.. 10 years ago? I’m still doing my own dishes and folding my own clothes. Luckily my roomba has been been an absolute champ and cleaning my floors for years.
The fact that we’re still doing basic chores in 2025 is a joke. If we didn’t have to deal with regressive politics, lobbying, ethical restrictions & religious conservatism, we’d be living a relaxing life to 500+ years old.
What are the leading companies that manufacture and do R&D for humanoid robots?
5 years away is tech speak for “Not in your lifetime”
We already have really good robots, for specific tasks. We will continue to develop those, there’s no need for a human android. You want your laundry folded, buy a machine for that. We already have a washing machine. No humanish robot will be as good and it will be way more expensive. See Roomba as well.
Sooo, no need to change wife to younger obe in 5 years? I can just get humanoid robot that doesnt whine and doesnt habe headache every day?