AI: China's humanoid robots dance, but can they work too?
Despite spectacular artistic performances, humanoid robots have so far only been commercially usable to a limited extent. Beijing wants to change that with a new action plan.
China is showcasing its advancements in humanoid robots at the second World Championship of Humanoid Robots in Peking, with 666 teams from 16 countries participating. The robots demonstrated impressive skills, but also their limitations, as they struggled to stop within a target zone. The event highlights China's dominance in robotics, which comes as the US has banned the import of new intelligent autonomous robots from China.
Chinese AI companies such as Alibaba, Deepseek, Moonshot, and Zhipu have made significant progress, closing the gap with US companies like Anthropic and OpenAI.
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