Chinese humanoid robots' biggest obstacle: Humans are still (mostly) better

Evelyn Cheng | CNBC

BEIJING — The big challenge for humanoid robots is still getting the technology to work well, according to industry leaders speaking alongside the World Robot Conference in Beijing this week.

Robots are not yet as efficient as humans, and take time to learn new skills, creating a bottleneck for the industry, Unitree's founder Wang Xingxing said, addressing the conference one day after his company's 460% IPO-day surge. His remarks underscored the challenges for humanoid robots entering the human workforce. Shares of Unitree fell 18.7% on Thursday.