# One Billion Robots: When Science-fiction meets reality

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Published: 2025-07-16T08:32:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.ubs.com/content/dam/assets/ib/global/podcast/research-podcasts/20250701-phyllis-wang-sunil-tirumalai-randy-abrams-podcast-v2.mp3
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## Resource

Sunil Tirumalai, Head of EM and Asia Equity Strategy at UBS, sits down with Phyllis Wang, China Industrials Analyst and Randy Abrams, Head of Taiwan Research to make the case for humanoid robots. They discuss how far along we are in the development of humanoid robotics and where we could be in 2050 if development continues at its current pace. *(This information is subject to a disclaimer at the end of this podcast. Please ensure that you listen to the disclaimer and go to www.ubs.com for further information about UBS).

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