HANGZHOU, China/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - In the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, an ambulance speeds through traffic on a wave of green lights, helped along by an artificial intelligence (AI) system and ...

Some of the world’s largest superpowers have been tinkering away, making advancements in humanoid robotics. “Alongside AI, ...

In a viral video, China’s rapid medical advancement is on full display, showing robots, AI systems and futuristic hospital ...

You always want to be the disruptor… Being the disrupted sucks.” Dr. Robert Ambrose’s candid assessment cuts to the core of ...

In April 2025, Beijing-based startup RoboParty formally launched with an ambition to build a fully open-source bipedal humanoid robot platform. The founder, Huang Yi (born 2004), made headlines as one ...

The recently concluded Humanoid Robot Games, a three-day event in Beijing, brought together over 500 humanoid robots, built by 192 universities and 88 private companies, representing 280 teams from 16 ...

China has embarked on a campaign to use more robots in its factories, transforming its manufacturing industries and becoming the dominant maker. By Meaghan Tobin and Keith Bradsher Meaghan Tobin ...

In mid-August, Beijing’s National Speed Skating Oval – the “Ice Ribbon” built for the 2022 Winter Olympics – hosted a new kind of sporting event. For four days, more than 500 humanoid robots from 16 ...

Shares of Shenzhen-based Orbbec have surged more than 315% over the past year, propelling Howard Huang, its 45-year-old founder, into the three-comma club. In 2013, Howard Huang, a trained engineer ...

China continues to lead the world in industrial robotics, installing a record 295,000 robots in 2024 alone, which accounts for over half of all global installations. This growth is part of a global ...