India, March 21 -- A Chinese influencer rented a humanoid robot for a day, using it for household chores and companionship. His experiment, shared in a video, has ignited widespread curiosity about the future of AI-powered assistants in daily life, reported the South China Morning Post.

Zhang Genyuan, a 25-year-old economics graduate from New York University, first gained fame on a Chinese dating reality show in 2022. Now a travel vlogger with over 1.4 million followers, Zhang shared his experience with the humanoid robot G1 on March 13, a post that quickly gained over 40,000 likes.

He revealed that he had spent 10,000 yuan ( Rs.1.15 lakh) to rent the G1, one of China's most advanced humanoid robots. Developed by Hangzhou-based Unitree ...