Kung-Fu Robots Are Taking the Internet by Storm on Chinese New Year

Humanoid robots staged a choreographed martial-arts display during China’s Lunar New Year Gala, signaling notable progress in robotics and AI performance. A now-viral video shows Unitree Robotics’ G1 ...

Humanoid robots are getting smaller, safer and closer

Fauna Robotics is launching Sprout as a developer platform for humanoid robots. The robot features 29 degrees of freedom and ...
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Humanoid robots that 'catch themselves' instead of falling: What a new walking algorithm changes

While the statement, "Humanoid robots are coming," might cause anxiety for some, for one Georgia Tech research team, working with humanlike robots couldn't be more exciting. The researchers have ...

China’s biggest TV event had a clear star: the robot

Back-flipping, nunchuck-weilding humanoid robots delighted and amazed viewers at China’s annual televised new-year extravaganza with their kung-fu choreography. But they – and their rivals who took to ...

“Totally bonkers”: China’s humanoid robots went from clumsy to backflipping Kung Fu masters in one year

Humanoid robots developed by Unitree Robotics performed kung fu and backflips during China's 2026 Lunar New Year broadcast.
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Unitree targets 20,000 humanoid robots with fourfold capacity expansion plan

The Chinese robotics company plans to ramp up its humanoid production fourfold this year, after shipping 5,000 robots in 2025 ...

Lunar New Year prayers, robots and festivities usher in the Year of the Horse

BEIJING (AP) — Traditional prayers, fireworks and fairs marked the Lunar New Year on Tuesday — alongside 21st-century ...