Figure's only serious competitive threat for humanoids is China; no US/Western player registers today.

Figure's only serious competitive threat for humanoids is China; no US/Western player registers today. | for manufacturing I mean for human human labor I think just for humanoids like we really don't see anybody else besides China as a real competitive threat today.

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for manufacturing I mean for human human labor I think just for humanoids like we really don't see anybody else besides China as a real competitive threat today.

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  "context": "for humanoids like we really don't see anybody else besides China as a real competitive threat today.",
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  "verbatim": "for manufacturing I mean for human human labor I think just for humanoids like we really don't see anybody else besides China as a real competitive threat today.",
  "conv_cues": "we really don't see",
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      "observed_date": "2026-01-09",
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      "label": "Unitree ships >5,500 humanoids vs Figure ~150 in 2025",
      "notes": "HIT — Unitree 5,500 vs Figure ~150 confirms massive Chinese lead. Validates Adcock's framing.",
      "source": "https://restofworld.org/2026/china-humanoid-robots-unitree-agibot-tesla-optimus/ — Rest of World: China winning humanoid race",
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      "source_url": "https://restofworld.org/2026/china-humanoid-robots-unitree-agibot-tesla-optimus/",
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      "research_origin": "deep_research",
      "measurement_criterion": "Industry shipment data shows Unitree shipping >5,000 humanoid units in 2025 vs Western competitors (Figure, Tesla, Agility) shipping <500 each"
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      "label": "Nvidia quadrupled chip production output while only doubling human headcount — achieved by deploying AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code) a",
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      "kind": "prereq",
      "label": "Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will commence sometime in 2025.",
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      "expected_date": "2026-04-29",
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      "label": "2025 will be the definitive year that agentic systems finally hit the mainstream.",
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      "expected_date": "2026-04-29",
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      "kind": "prereq",
      "label": "Jury selection begins April 27, 2026 for Musk v OpenAI trial",
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