Humanoid robots took center stage at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing last August, winning over audiences by attempting—not always successfully—athletic feats like sprinting, weightlifting, and kickboxing. Yet one of China’s leading robot startup founders thinks there are still a few years before robots truly break into the public consciousness.
“As models keep maturing, [embodied AI] will reach GPT-3.5,” said Yao Maoqing, co-founder of the Chinese robotics firm AGIBOT, during the Fortune Leaders Forum in Macau on Sept. 8. “People differ somewhat on timing, but overall it’s within the 3-to-5-year window.”
