China's Humanoid Robots Stage a Kung-Fu Comeback at 2026 Spring Festival Gala
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Chinese humanoid robots wowed audiences at the 2026 Spring Festival Gala with kung fu, aerial flips and choreographed routines, signaling a rapid year-over-year leap and reinforcing China’s lead in robot deployments and lower production costs. Analysts say the progress is real and potentially economically meaningful for task-focused work, but caution that reliability in unstructured environments and AI model performance will determine long-term impact.
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