{"id":155501,"date":"2026-08-02T06:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T06:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155501"},"modified":"2026-08-02T06:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T06:00:17","slug":"first-impressions-count-as-chinese-buyers-open-their-homes-to-ubtechs-consumer-humanoids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155501","title":{"rendered":"First impressions count as Chinese buyers open their homes to UBTech\u2019s consumer humanoids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostWhen 39-year-old Beijing investor Song shelled out 159,800 yuan (US$23,680) for a companion robot, he knew it would not be cooking meals or scrubbing floors. For him, becoming one of China\u2019s first owners of a consumer humanoid was more about embracing the cutting edge.<br \/>\n\u201cThe happiest part is often the waiting,\u201d Song said of his decision to buy the female version of the U1 Pro, made by Shenzhen-based UBTech Robotics.<br \/>\nFor years, humanoid robots have been confined to factory floors and structured&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-trends\/article\/3362557\/first-impressions-count-chinese-buyers-open-their-homes-ubtechs-consumer-humanoids?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostWhen 39-year-old Beijing investor Song shelled out 159,800 yuan (US$23,680) for a companion robot, he knew it would not be cooking meals or scrubbing&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155501"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}