Gao Yang, co-founder of Qianxun Intelligence, expects humanoid robots to understand verbal commands and complete most general tasks as early as 2027, though entering households will take longer. He called the 'brain' the weakest part of the robot technology stack, projecting a 'GPT-3.0-level' milestone by mid-2027. Qianxun has deployed about 1,000 contract workers to collect real-world data, and its robots achieve a 90% success rate on simple tasks in structured living-room environments.