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A (0:05)
Our colleague Yoko Kubota was in Beijing a few months ago and visited a strange place.
B (0:15)
So it's actually only open on the weekends and you have to book a tour. It's very competitive to book this tour.
A (0:22)
Yoko went to a mall, but not just any mall. This mall was filled with robots.
B (0:31)
It's basically an exhibition of all kinds of different robots that China has to offer. On the first floor you could see, for instance, household robots that can do, you know, certain types of tasks like clean the house or, you know, make coffee, etc. And the other thing I guess that was personally more impressive is probably the robots that are able to sort out medicine. Some robots that are able to conduct some dental surgery or, you know, operations.
A (1:13)
A robot dentist.
B (1:15)
Yeah, robot dentist. Basically you can go to the second floor. There they show robots that are a bit more fun. So I saw one where a robot was wearing a Michael Jordan jersey and like shooting basketball. There was a kind of a group of small robots that were was dancing to dance music. Kids like that one a lot.
A (1:43)
Robots making lattes and wearing basketball jerseys might all sound a little silly, but Yoko says people should be taking these robots more seriously because this technology is shaping up to be a new frontier in the AI arms race between the US and China.
B (2:01)
China is really all in in the area of robotics and humanoids. You know, they are using subsidies, they are attracting a lot of good talent. Some are coming back from overseas. The country is really focused on it.
A (2:16)
And all in compared to what's happening in the U.S. all of this investment is giving China's humanoid companies a solid head start. Welcome to the Journal, our show about money, business and Ryan. I'm Ryan knudsen. It's Wednesday, April 29th. Coming up on the show, China is building a legion of humanoid robots. Should the US be worried? This episode is presented by SAP. Your company's ambitions can't be held back by long implementations, surprise costs or empty AI promises. SAP Grow AI Cloud ERP gets you live fast, keeps pricing predictable and delivers built in AI that gets results the first day, not someday. All on a single platform that's easy to manage, industry ready and designed to scale with your business. Bring it with SAP Grow AI Cloud ERP for any size business SAP.com grow compliance.
