The robot revolution didn’t start with a headline — it started with a $6,000 price tag.
Machines that once cost half a million dollars now walk, run, climb stairs, and even backflip — all for less than a used car. This isn’t incremental progress. It’s a threshold moment where humanoid robots move from research labs into living rooms, factories, and care facilities around the world.
In this video, you’ll discover how three converging breakthroughs — vision systems that finally work, AI that understands human intent, and global supply chains ready for scale — made affordable humanoid robots inevitable. Explore how the U.S. and China are racing toward the same goal with radically different strategies: intelligence versus scale. You’ll also see how Google’s Gemini AI might quietly reshape robotics by giving machines transferable, world-ready intelligence without custom training.
From elder care and hazardous work to 24/7 manufacturing and deep-space operations, the implications go far beyond folding laundry. The real question isn’t *if* robots will become common — it’s *who* will control the infrastructure that defines this new era. The $6,000 machine marks the moment experimental robotics became everyday technology.
Credit to : Ai Decoded