Chinese humanoid maker Matrix Robotics plans a joint R&D centre in South Korea within a year

Vice president Gao Weize told Seoul Economic Daily the centre would co-develop physical AI with Korean companies, universities and institutes and gather training data from work sites; the 2024-founded firm, started by engineers who worked on Tesla's Optimus, says it has about 1,000 cumulative humanoid orders and plans a fourth-generation model around May next year.