WEBVTT 00:00.080 --> 00:03.110 I'm Ian and I'll be your guide today. 00:03.110 --> 00:03.120 00:03.120 --> 00:05.590 >> Xpang, a Chinese electric car company, 00:05.590 --> 00:05.600 00:05.600 --> 00:07.749 is building [music] a new humanoid robot 00:07.749 --> 00:07.759 00:07.759 --> 00:08.950 called Iron. 00:08.950 --> 00:08.960 00:08.960 --> 00:11.030 >> Do you know that you're an AI? 00:11.030 --> 00:11.040 00:11.040 --> 00:11.990 >> Of course I do. 00:11.990 --> 00:12.000 00:12.000 --> 00:13.749 >> Then do you envy the real humans behind 00:13.749 --> 00:13.759 00:13.759 --> 00:14.709 the screen? 00:14.709 --> 00:14.719 00:14.719 --> 00:16.630 >> Envy them for what? I don't even need to 00:16.630 --> 00:16.640 00:16.640 --> 00:17.990 go to work. Haha. 00:17.990 --> 00:18.000 00:18.000 --> 00:20.630 >> The robot looks and moves so much like a 00:20.630 --> 00:20.640 00:20.640 --> 00:22.870 real person that many people online 00:22.870 --> 00:22.880 00:22.880 --> 00:24.870 started claiming it wasn't a robot at 00:24.870 --> 00:24.880 00:24.880 --> 00:26.950 all, but a human pretending to [music] 00:26.950 --> 00:26.960 00:26.960 --> 00:37.350 be one. 00:37.350 --> 00:37.360 00:37.360 --> 00:39.030 At the launch [music] event in China, 00:39.030 --> 00:39.040 00:39.040 --> 00:42.565 these rumors got so big that Xpang's CEO 00:42.565 --> 00:42.575 00:42.575 --> 00:45.190 [music] Hu Xiaoang decided to prove the 00:45.190 --> 00:45.200 00:45.200 --> 00:55.350 robot was real. 00:55.350 --> 00:55.360 00:55.360 --> 00:57.510 He powered iron [music] back on, brought 00:57.510 --> 00:57.520 00:57.520 --> 00:59.590 it to the front of the stage, and cut 00:59.590 --> 00:59.600 00:59.600 --> 01:01.270 open its leg in front [music] of the 01:01.270 --> 01:01.280 01:01.280 --> 01:13.990 audience. 01:13.990 --> 01:14.000 01:14.000 --> 01:16.149 Inside you could clearly see the 01:16.149 --> 01:16.159 01:16.159 --> 01:18.230 mechanical parts, not a [music] real 01:18.230 --> 01:18.240 01:18.240 --> 01:20.230 leg, finally shutting down the 01:20.230 --> 01:20.240 01:20.240 --> 01:31.350 speculation. 01:31.350 --> 01:31.360 01:31.360 --> 01:32.789 The company started [music] years ago 01:32.789 --> 01:32.799 01:32.799 --> 01:35.270 with a robot dog and it has now evolved 01:35.270 --> 01:35.280 01:35.280 --> 01:38.390 into a full humanoid robot. To compete 01:38.390 --> 01:38.400 01:38.400 --> 01:40.390 with Elon [music] Musk's Optimus robot, 01:40.390 --> 01:40.400 01:40.400 --> 01:42.710 Xpang is focusing on making Iron feel 01:42.710 --> 01:42.720 01:42.720 --> 01:44.469 friendly and huggable. 01:44.469 --> 01:44.479 01:44.479 --> 01:45.990 >> Tesla's going to make the first actually 01:45.990 --> 01:46.000 01:46.000 --> 01:48.310 useful humanoid robots. The Optimus 01:48.310 --> 01:48.320 01:48.320 --> 01:50.149 robots will walk among you. 01:50.149 --> 01:50.159 01:50.159 --> 01:52.710 >> The company added soft fake muscles and 01:52.710 --> 01:52.720 01:52.720 --> 01:54.950 bionic skin to make people more 01:54.950 --> 01:54.960 01:54.960 --> 01:57.030 comfortable touching or even hugging the 01:57.030 --> 01:57.040 01:57.040 --> 02:02.630 robot. 02:02.630 --> 02:02.640 02:02.640 --> 02:04.230 The company plans to start producing 02:04.230 --> 02:04.240 02:04.240 --> 02:06.230 iron in large numbers by [music] the end 02:06.230 --> 02:06.240 02:06.240 --> 02:09.669 of 2026 and hopes to eventually sell 1 02:09.669 --> 02:09.679 02:09.679 --> 02:11.190 million units a year. 02:11.190 --> 02:11.200 02:11.200 --> 02:13.270 >> This is why I say that humanoid robots 02:13.270 --> 02:13.280 02:13.280 --> 02:14.949 will be the biggest industry or the 02:14.949 --> 02:14.959 02:14.959 --> 02:16.869 biggest product ever, bigger than cell 02:16.869 --> 02:16.879 02:16.879 --> 02:18.790 phones or anything else, because 02:18.790 --> 02:18.800 02:18.800 --> 02:20.150 everyone's going to want one. 02:20.150 --> 02:20.160 02:20.160 --> 02:22.309 >> Xpang also says the robot will start 02:22.309 --> 02:22.319 02:22.319 --> 02:23.910 working inside its stores [music] as 02:23.910 --> 02:23.920 02:23.920 --> 02:27.120 early as next year.