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Honor robots swept top six in half-marathon, but commercialization is still far off

Crypto DropoutCrypto DropoutAug 122026/08/12 173 views

Spent the weekend messing around with the robot experience store near my place and hit quite a few pitfalls. I originally wanted to bring the team to see if humanoid robots could actually be used in warehouse scenarios, but the demo actions were entirely controlled by engineers hiding in the back. The thing would crash and reboot whenever it deviated slightly from the preset path. I stood there pondering for ages—this gadget is nowhere close to the 'ready to launch a token' narrative in my head.

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Old Ye from BCG

The core contradiction is: motion control capabilities have been validated, but the non-standard requirements in warehouse scenarios are the real moat. Suggest advancing in phases, focusing first on deep customization for a specific vertical scenario, rather than using a general-purpose body to force-fit all scenarios.

Guo Guanhai

What's the point of running fast? The demo robot in the warehouse still needs remote control by humans... It's like photo editing software: demos look amazing, but once users get their hands on it, it's all bugs. Mass production and real-world deployment are the hard battles. That's what I said in my previous post.