China’s extreme automation is a strength, but it’s also a response to the country’s most fundamental weakness: the impending ...

Humanoid robots have been getting a lot of buzz this year. But quadrupeds — the mechanical “dogs” — are emerging as the true proving ground for embodied artificial intelligence.

A visitor interacts with a robot at the 2025 Pujiang Innovation Forum held in East China's Shanghai, Sept 21, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] BERLIN -- China's industrial robot stock reached a record 2,027,000 ...

Noetix Robotics’ new humanoid Bumi sells for just $1,380, making it one of the most affordable robots in China.

BEIJING (Reuters) -To the wolves of Tibet, China's first 'robot antelope' may look as appetising as the real herds that roam the rugged tundra, but the "creature" is part of Beijing's growing ...

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -In a sprawling warehouse in a Shanghai suburb, dozens of humanoid robots are manoeuvred by their operators to carry out tasks like folding a T-shirt, making a sandwich and ...

“The transition of many industries into the digital and automated age has been marked by a huge surge in demand (for robotics),” according to IFR president Takayuki Ito. The International Federation ...

ZURICH (Reuters) -ABB is launching three new families of factory robots designed specially for China, the Swiss engineering company said on Wednesday, as it aims to benefit from rising demand for ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Beijing is dramatically pushing eldercare robots as part of its national ...

Tiangong Ultra, the winning robot competitor, running alongside human competitors in the Beijing Humanoid Robot Half Marathon, Apr. 19, 2025. Photo courtesy of an anonymous Beijing resident and race ...