Ant Group Unveils R1 Humanoid Robot as Competitor to Tesla's Optimus
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Robert Hart
8mo ago· 2 min readenNews
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Summary
Chinese tech company Ant Group has unveiled its R1 humanoid robot, a competitor to Tesla's Optimus, which was demonstrated cooking shrimp at tech conferences in Berlin and Shanghai. The robot represents the growing trend of combining AI with physical automation technology.
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· 4 pulledChinese tech behemoth Ant Group, which owns payment platform Alipay, has been showing off its first humanoid robot at tech conferences this month
Videos and news reports show Robbyant's R1 robot cooking for audiences at the IFA 2025 tech show in Berlin last week
The company, an arm of Jack Ma-backed Ant Group, has also been parading the human-shaped bot at the 2025 Inclusion Conference this week in Shanghai
Robbyant had the slow-moving robot potter around the kitchen at tech fairs in Berlin and Shanghai
Robbyant had the slow-moving robot potter around the kitchen at tech fairs in Berlin and Shanghai.
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