3+ week, 2+ day ago   (543+ words) More than 2,000 humanoid robots were participating in the event, the organizer said. The five-day games, now in its second year, are a spectacle demonstrating China’s rapid progress in advanced robotics as the technology race with the U.S. heats up, with…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (723+ words) By Eduardo Baptista and Laurie Chen More than 300 companies are expected at the World Robot Conference from Wednesday through Sunday, showcasing over 2,000 exhibits and launching more than 150 products, according to Beijing authorities. The conference coincides with the Shanghai stock market…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (184+ words) The race was part of China’s World Humanoid Robot Games, an Olympic-style competition now in its second year in Beijing. The event is also a showcase for China’s rapid advances in robotics amid an intensifying technology rivalry with the U....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (745+ words) BEIJING, Aug 22 (Reuters) – It’s been called the Robot Olympics. But unlike the human Olympics, Team China is collecting almost all the medals. Over the past decade, robotic competitions in China have provided a window into the advances of a now-surging sector…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (665+ words) In the latest big stock listing, shares in China-founded e-commerce and fast fashion giant Shein are due to debut Tuesday in Hong Kong in a blockbuster initial public offering raising $1.7 billion, in one of the city’s biggest new share sales…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1587+ words) Unitree’s $1,600 Go2 model, launched in 2023, helped the company rapidly dominate the global quadruped robot market — its Shanghai IPO has drawn frenzied demand. Another Unitree robot has been shown on Chinese state television, armed and accompanying People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops on…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (250+ words) China kicked off the 2026 World Robot Conference on Wednesday, with companies showcasing the country’s expanding robotics industry as it looks to move the technology beyond demonstrations and into factories and other real-world applications. Organizers say around 3,000 products will be showcased…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (838+ words) By Samuel Shen and Eduardo Baptista Unitree, which competes with Tesla and Hyundai Motor Group-owned Boston Dynamics, has drawn global attention for its robots that run, dance and perform martial arts. One of the world’s biggest producers of humanoid and…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (180+ words) • Shares in Unitree, China’s best-known humanoid robot maker, soared in their Shanghai trading debut, in a landmark moment for the country’s robotics sector, which has become a battleground in the Sino-U.S. tech war. • Global humanoid robot shipments nearly quadrupled…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago   (269+ words) The funding round, led by IDG Capital and backed by strategic investors Tencent and Alibaba, values the robotics business at more than $6.3 billion, Xpeng said in a statement. Gaorong Ventures, an early investor in autonomous driving company Momenta and humanoid…...