China. In the past few decades, the country has rapidly transitioned from one of the poorest nations on earth to the global kingpin in robotics production. Between 2022 and 2023, the People's Republic installed over 276,

The inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games, running from Aug. 15-17, opened Friday with soccer, sprints, kickboxing and table tennis, as well as a healthy number of face-plants. The games feature 280 robot teams from 16 countries and hundreds of bipedal bots vying for medals and whatever passes for bragging rights among robots.

China has invested heavily in robotics. The country is a leader in industrial robots per capita and has just hosted the first "World Humanoid Robot Games" in Beijing.

The World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing was aimed at displaying humanlike robots’ skills at sports and everyday tasks, featured stop-start hotel bellhops

China kicked off the three-day long World Humanoid Robot Games on Friday, looking to showcase its advances in artificial intelligence and robotics with 280 teams from 16 countries.