Khaberni - In a scene that astonished millions around the world, a video spread showing hundreds of Chinese humanoid robots moving in almost military harmony inside a warehouse, sparking a widespread wave of global controversy.
While some see that China has achieved a huge technological breakthrough that changes the future of the industry, and others believe that it is just a sophisticated digital trick, the world stands puzzled before the big question: Are we witnessing the dawn of the robot age... or just an optical illusion created by cameras?
The video published by the Chinese company UBTECH Robotics sparked a global debate after it showed hundreds of humanoid robots moving in coordinated formations inside a huge warehouse, in a scene reminiscent of a snapshot from the sci-fi movie I, Robot.
The video, which revealed the company's Walker S2 model robots, showed the machines turning their heads, waving their hands, and moving towards shipping containers with astounding military precision.
Despite China celebrating what it described as "the world's first massive delivery of humanoid robots," doubts started to rise in the United States. Bret Adcock, the founder of Figure Robotics, expressed skepticism that the video might be computer-generated, pointing to strange light reflections on the bodies of the robots indicating the presence of added digital elements.
In response, UBTECH published an additional video shot with a drone and raw sound to prove that the scenes are 100% real.
The company confirmed to Chinese newspapers that the Western skepticism is a result of a misunderstanding of China's manufacturing power and massive supply chains.
According to UBTECH, they have already begun shipping hundreds of robots for use in car factories, logistics services, industrial assembly, and artificial intelligence data centers, with plans to increase production to 5000 robots annually by 2026 and then double it in 2027, according to "interestingengineering."
While China insists that the future has indeed started, observers believe that the hype around the video reveals the onset of a new global race for dominance over the era of humanoid robots—a race that may resemble the revolutions of the internet or artificial intelligence, but this time... with an army of bipedal machines.
