The Night Before WRC 2026: Robots and Their People Are Still at Work at 10 PM

On August 18, the night before the 11th World Robot Conference opened in Beijing Yizhuang, workers were still installing booths, rehearsing boxing matches, and debugging robots until past 10 PM. The author chronicles how the event's big booths, real-scene demos, and focus on hands, perception, and data signal an industry shift from performance to value validation.