Is the robotics sector being completely taken over by car companies?! XPeng Robotics just completed over $900 million in financing, pushing its valuation past $6.3 billion; Hyundai, which owns Boston Dynamics, has taken its robotics strategy all the way to mass production, training, factory deployment, sales, and financing. The reason is simple: once robots enter the era of mass production, the competition revolves around manufacturing, supply chains, real-world data, distribution channels, and after-sales service—areas where car companies have decades of accumulated advantages. Even more importantly, factories themselves are the best 'training grounds.' Robots lacking data? Just put them to work on your own production lines. When car companies step into embodied intelligence, they bring with them a complete, mature industrial system that almost fully covers the entire commercialization chain for robotics. The closer robots get to mass production and commercialization, the harder it is to bypass the automotive industry.