Boya Intelligence's Liu Xin says hardware, not models, will limit robots
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Boya Intelligence founder Liu Xin says hardware, not AI models, will be the main constraint on robots after GPT-6, according to a Leiphone (雷峰网) report from October 30, 2026.
Liu says China shipped nearly 20,000 dexterous robot hands last year, and most sit idle after appearing in humanoid robot demonstrations.
Liu argues that models may reach a capability inflection point before hardware does. Boya's first dexterous hand, the Gaoshan S1 with 22 degrees of freedom, uses mainly tendon drive combined with a direct-drive hybrid, he says.
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AIBoya Intelligence founder Liu Xin says China shipped nearly 20,000 dexterous hands last year, and most sit idle after appearing in humanoid robot demonstrations. He argues models may reach a capability inflection point before hardware does, and that Boya's first dexterous hand, the 22-degree-of-freedom Gaoshan S1, uses mainly tendon drive with a direct-drive hybrid.
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