Analysts said that China and the US have both been making strides in the field, making it tough to say definitively who is at the forefront.
Bob O’Donnell, president and chief analyst at market research firm TECHnalysis Research, said China has seen a lot more development of raw components and other elements like motors and sensors.
“On the other hand, in the US, we’ve seen a lot of software development over the last several years,” he added.
“And this market is evolving very quickly, because we started out with industrial robots and robotic arms for manufacturing and things like that. And we’re rapidly deploying that, taking some of that technology, and obviously putting it in humanoids.”
However, matters have become more complicated amid the current geopolitical climate, with the US having imposed sweeping tariffs on imported goods as well as semiconductor export controls on China.
Even though this could impede collaboration, experts said humanoid development is set to continue.
“A lot of these technological advancements are being replicated very quickly – somebody makes an advancement here, and it happens there,” noted O’Donnell.
“There’s a phrase that a lot of people say: It takes a village. Well, it takes an entire world to help build these robotics.”
