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China’s Unitree R1 Is a Humanoid Robot Costing Less Than $6,000
(www.bloomberg.com)
neat, funded by alibaba and tencent in part. so basically this thing is going to record everything it sees or hears and send it to data brokers.
the ultimate humanoid surveillance bot for those who can afford 6k for a virtually useless conversation piece with a short battery life.
So in theory, I could buy one?
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