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Humanoid Robots May Get Their ‘ChatGPT Moment’ by Mid-2027

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Spirit AI predicts humanoid robots could handle natural-language, multi-step physical tasks by mid-2027, with factories likely to adopt them first.

Sep 21, 2026

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Humanoid robots can already dance and backflip. Getting one to reliably understand a spoken request and complete several unfamiliar physical steps may be the harder breakthrough.

Spirit AI co-founder and chief scientist Gao Yang believes the next major leap in humanoid robotics could arrive by mid-2027, when robots may be able to take natural-language instructions and carry out a sequence of physical actions.

“We anticipate reaching the GPT-3.0 milestoneby mid-2027. You will be able to speak to a...

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