China's humanoid robots are facing significant challenges in adapting to new tasks and training efficiency, leading to a delayed 'ChatGPT moment'. Experts at the Boao Forum for Asia warn that the industry still has a long way to go before large-scale deployment.

A “ChatGPT moment” for China’s humanoid robots – the tipping point at which the technology becomes widely usable – remains years away as persistent challenges in adapting to new tasks and training efficiency continue to hold back the industry, leading experts said on Wednesday at the Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan. Despite rapid advances in recent years, humanoid robots were still far from large-scale deployment, with both hardware and software limitations yet to be fully resolved, panellists...