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I like this gradual, step-by-step process. Last year, UBTECH’s Liuzhou factory rolled out its 1,000th humanoid robot. It has since moved from a 1,000-unit production line toward a 10,000-unit capacity,now. There’s no grand promise of mass production here. Just a practical, steady push. It’s a manufacturing strategy responding to...

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