“In the past, people would ask, can robots dance, can they roll over their heads? Now people will ask, can your robot work continuously for 24 hours, can it repeat actions 10,000 times, and can its functions be reused in another standardized product?” On the eve of the opening of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Hu Chunxu, vice president of sweet potato robot developer ecology, raised new questions brought to the industry in the first year of mass production. The ultimate pursuit of stability in mass production upgraded the demand for chips from “adequate” to “tailor-made”, and the end-side chip circuit heated up as a result. The number of WAIC humanoid robot exhibits reached a new high this year, but the industry's attention did not stop at the robot itself on the booth. Why are end side chips so important? How will independent chip manufacturers and OEM self-development routes evolve? These issues are also the focus of this session of the General Assembly.

“In the past, people would ask, can robots dance, can they roll over their heads? Now people will ask, can your robot work continuously for 24 hours, can it repeat actions 10,000 times, and can its functions be reused in another standardized product?” On the eve of the opening of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Hu Chunxu, vice president of sweet potato robot developer ecology, raised new questions brought to the industry in the first year of mass production. The ultimate pursuit of stability in mass production upgraded the demand for chips from “adequate” to “tailor-made”, and the end-side chip circuit heated up as a result. The number of WAIC humanoid robot exhibits reached a new high this year, but the industry's attention did not stop at the robot itself on the booth. Why are end side chips so important? How will independent chip manufacturers and OEM self-development routes evolve? These issues are also the focus of this session of the General Assembly.