Unitree Robotics is building a system that lets its humanoid robots improve themselves, founder Wang Xingxing said on Thursday. He calls it Unitree Rehearsal. He named it the company’s most important project of the year, Minxiao Chang reported for the South China Morning Post . Wang spoke at a physical AI conference that Unitree hosted in Hangzhou.

Under the plan, AI would search research papers, write code and test it in simulation before trials on real robots, according to the SCMP. Unitree already uses AI this way and then collects feedback from real tests to adjust its models, Bloomberg reported.

A breakthrough as soon as 2028

Wang also moved his timeline forward. He now expects humanoids to complete 80% of tasks set by voice as soon as 2028, Bloomberg reported. That covers work in factories or homes, according to a transcript Unitree shared with Bloomberg. Wang calls that point the “aha” moment for practical robots.…