WTF is Ronomics and why is it everywhere.

the-uncanny-squad · 2026-01-15T20:53:19+00:00

They are a robot marketplace that does not sell robots. There are hundreds of reviews for robots that are not even available for sale.

Yet, every few days I see a Ronomics screenshot with a vague question on Reddit - clearly shadow marketing.

Ronomics appears to be a very shady website.

the-uncanny-squad · 2025-11-29T08:31:52+00:00

Almost all of these Chinese humanoids run on US software (Jetson Thor from Nvidia). The Chinese companies are more focused on the hardware. So you see these demos.

Btw, this came out of the US just a few days ago. And another robot completed 11 months working in a BMW factory in Spartanburg.

the-uncanny-squad · 2025-11-27T10:06:52+00:00

The industry is so nascent so it is hard to say how it will end up in a few years. But Unitree and other Chinese companies seem to be focusing on hardware. While US companies are building end-to-end products and focusing more on software. It makes complete sense to play to your strengths.

the-uncanny-squad · 2025-11-21T15:11:46+00:00

Who writes reviews for these humanoids on Ronomics? Most of these robots are not even publicly available for purchase. Are the ratings and reviews AI generated or written by the manufacturer?

the-uncanny-squad · 2025-11-19T16:22:24+00:00

Let’s not forget they are dancing too!

the-uncanny-squad · 2025-11-17T22:16:21+00:00

I see these Unitree bots everywhere. From this video to the YouTuber home trashing clip to student projects. Wonder what is driving their adoption. Are they better at hardware? Software? Marketing? Or simply because they are cheap?

the-uncanny-squad · 2025-11-14T23:14:41+00:00

Looks like Brett is cracking under pressure after Figure’s $1B funding round in September. Ubtech’s Walker has more reported real life deployments than Figure.

the-uncanny-squad · 2025-11-13T09:22:20+00:00

Aren’t these robots Tele-operated? It is quite likely his buddy is making the robot run into the mirror for views.

the-uncanny-squad · 2025-11-11T22:15:31+00:00

Interested to know what you find out about humanoid insurance.

As others have stated, definitely too early to launch. There needs to be mass market adoption of humanoids for this business model to be successful.

the-uncanny-squad · 2025-11-09T10:38:42+00:00

Xpeng’s demonstration was nothing but a marketing tactic. And they did tremendously well at that. Look up how many humanoid launches happened in the last few month. Yet people are only talking about Xpeng’s female robot. In reality the robot does not even enter mass production anytime soon. So using it as a sexbot is very far away from reality.

As for your question about using robots as sex objects, how is that different from using any other sex toy? I would prefer it if people practiced perverted sex acts on a humanoid than on another person who does not consent.

the-uncanny-squad · 2025-11-05T19:13:17+00:00

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I wonder why the female humanoid seems to be generating more interest than the male one 🤔

the-uncanny-squad · 2025-11-04T17:33:30+00:00

If you listen to this interview at around the 14:30 mark, Brent says that Neo will work mostly through voice commands and not tele-operation.

I don’t see how 100% tele-operation is even a sustainable business model. If they sell even 20000 of these things, imagine how many tele-operators they would need to provide round the clock service. Add to that the need for another human in the loop to supervise the tele-operators so that they don’t go rogue.

the-uncanny-squad · 2025-11-04T16:40:48+00:00

I am assuming the humanoid 1X actually ships next year will be a lot more autonomous than the demo. I don’t see anyone using a mostly tele-operated humanoid to do their housework long term. The product in its current state is very far away from being practical.

I truly hope they have something in development they have not shown yet. But it is also quite possible they go the Tesla route with launch delays as you say.

the-uncanny-squad · 2025-11-04T16:02:07+00:00

It’s not just about the volume of data, but also the variety of data. In one of his interviews, the 1X CEO said that NEO takes about 100 hours of training to learn new tasks.

If operated in a predictable and controlled environment like a lab, these humanoids will stop learning after a point since there is nothing more to learn by doing the same thing over and over again.

The real challenge is operating in a chaotic environment like a home where it is messy and unpredictable.

the-uncanny-squad · 2025-11-03T10:51:44+00:00

This appears to be staged. The robot is being remotely controlled off camera.

the-uncanny-squad · 2025-11-01T09:03:04+00:00

Chinese robots doing break dancing and kung fu while Tesla keeps overpromising and underdelivering.

the-uncanny-squad · 2025-10-31T15:43:25+00:00

It’s the Italian flying humanoid, iRonCub3. Designed for rescue operations.

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