Imo harmonic drive (6324) one of the better humanoid exposure names at $4B valuation listed in GS research report.
Personally I picked some up for exposure.
Chinese competitors might be used for mass production.
But personal preference in investing in Western supply chains + build them up.
I do like Harmonic Drive (6324) as the Western Leader (eg. harmonic reduction gear) at ~$4.2B MC.
Very large part of robotics/humanoid BOM value.
I actually like Leader Drive more (since it's cheaper for mass production, covers more parts). And maybe Sanhua for $TSLA Optimus.
But prefer to advance Western supply chains with my capital over ones in China.
It's not just profiting off markets, but what you want to get accomplished as well (helping advance US supply chains and Robotics leaders).
LOL chat no way... Can't believe $AXTI / InP substrates really a major part of the China-US Donald Trump's trade talks with Xi?
I got this thesis completely right.
But really, Japan should start to cut off upstream machine supply like Ulvac for humanoids. And red phosphorus like Rasa/NCI to China, if they're not shipping.
And US should pressure EU to take back their their photonic monopolies like ficonTEC that Chinese companies like Robotechnik managed to buy.