China’s Humanoid Robot Boom, Part I: Moving Beyond the Show Floor

Editor’s note: This article was written by Lucia, a TechNode reporter. A robot cooked noodles in about a minute. Another prepared breakfast. Humanoids climbed stairs, crawled across obstacles and sparred inside a fighting cage. Elsewhere, robots sorted packages, fetched medicine and practiced jobs ranging from household chores to emergency rescue. The scenes at the 2026 […]