CNBC September 14, 2025
Key Points
– Companies that build AI-powered humanoid robots have begun rolling out their products for use across different industries, and some believe their ChatGPT moment has arrived.
– “If the technology works, it has the chance to transform many labor processes around the world,” said Reyk Knuhtsen, analyst at SemiAnalysis.
– Despite the hype, many experts resist the idea that mass public adoption will occur anytime soon, with a number of hurdles standing in the way.
Humanoid robots, which have made significant technological advances this year, may be at the precipice of a ChatGPT-like spike in investment and popularity — or at least, that’s what many in the industry believe.
So-called humanoid robots are artificial intelligence-powered machines...







