The World Humanoid Robot Games are currently going on in Beijing. The event, which seems like the world’s largest Battlebots taping, features events like boxing, weightlifting, track races, and real-world scenario simulations like firefighting and hospitality tasks which have the robot competitors demonstrate their prowess at the applications they were ostensibly designed for—y’know,

A Chinese robotics developer tells CBS News humanoids won't turn against humans as they're just machines: "It all depends on who controls them."

China's second World Humanoid Robot Games kicked off Saturday in Beijing. The spectacle comes as China pours money into its humanoid robot industry.

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 – and the importance of its success as a strategic industry singled out by President Xi Jinping.

China’s robot boom hits a frenzy as Unitree’s IPO jumps to a $50 billion valuation, raising questions about revenue, risk and how fast the humanoid market can mature.

Rear-wheel-drive robot mowers are best suited to simple flat yards; more complex and sloped yards require all-wheel-drive propulsion. And while you may have a flat yard, a single slope can make a mower incompatible: our steep slope, where the property meets the sidewalk, makes it impossible to traverse to other areas without all-wheel drive.

XPeng's robotics business raised over $900M at a $6.3B valuation, a record for China's embodied AI, to mass-produce its IRON humanoid robot by end of 2026.