TLDR · SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY
AMERICA WANTS TO MAKE ITS OWN HUMANOID ROBOTS. THAT WON'T BE EASY
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China has a near-total dominance of the supply chain, so building a robot entirely free of Chinese parts is not practical. The Chinese robotics industry was built on billions of dollars in state funding. Fledgling robot makers in the US will need substantial financial and policy support to compete. The US humanoid robotics industry is still in its infancy, and makers of non-humanoid robots are struggling to compete with Chinese rivals.