Honor Shatters Robotics Speed Records as Chinese Tech Giants Race to Dominate the $165B Robot Economy

June 04, 2025

Honor just shattered robotics speed records with a 4m/s running robot—officially entering the $165B robotics race alongside Huawei, Xiaomi, and Samsung. The smartphone giant's $10B AI ecosystem investment is paying dividends faster than expected. While Apple pivots from cars to household robots and Vivo launches dedicated robotics labs, Honor's "Embodied Intelligence" division is already recruiting motion planning engineers and bionic researchers. The plot twist? This isn't sudden. Honor's been quietly building robotics capabilities since 2018, establishing subsidiaries with robot sales licenses and partnering with companies like Cheetah Mobile for AI-controlled coffee bots. What's fascinating: We're witnessing the smartphone playbook applied to robotics—Chinese manufacturers moving aggressively while Western giants like Apple play catch-up. From industrial automation to household assistance, the robotics arms race is reshaping how we'll live and work. The question isn't IF robots will dominate our daily lives, but WHICH tech ecosystem will control them.

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