CNBC September 14, 2025
Dylan Butts, Victoria Yeo

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...

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