China's humanoid robot boom: Are we ready for robots among us?

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  Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.

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  This is The Point.

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  How long before we start seeing intelligent robots walk among us?

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  Well, given what happened in China on Wednesday, this future just got a step closer.

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  Unitree Robotics, which makes humanoid robots in Hangzhou, eastern China,

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  surged more than four-fold upon its debut on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, marking a significant step for the country's

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  humanoid robot industry to move from technology accumulation to scaled and commercialized development.

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  The official news agency Xinhua.

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  Now, the groundbreaking IPO was timed to coincide with the opening of the World Robot Conference

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  and World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing this weekend.

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  What does all this tell us about China's position on embodied intelligence?

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  What's behind this landmark IPO?

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  Could this be why Washington banned all foreign-made humanoid robots last month?

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  And most importantly, what does it mean to you?

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  Welcome to this edition of The Point with me, Liu Xin, coming to you from the Chinese capital.

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  Joining us from San Francisco in the U.S., Rebecca Fennin, founder of Silicon Dragon Ventures

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  and author of the book The New Tech Titans of China.

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  From Shenzhen in southern China, Steve Hoffman, CEO of Founders Space.

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  And here in the studio, Professor Liu Baocheng,

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  Dean of the Center for International Business Ethics at the University of International Business and Economics.

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