US robot makers hope to beat China in humanoid race. Tariffs could affect their ambitions


For now, humanoids are still a niche but one that invites intense curiosity, in part thanks to popular science fiction. — AP

BOSTON: Tariffs weren't on the agenda of this week's Robotics Summit, where thousands of tech industry workers mingled with humanoid and other robot varieties and talked about how to build and sell a new generation of increasingly autonomous machines.

Not on the official agenda, at least.

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