Last year at the Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon in Beijing the winning robot stumbled across the finish line in 2 hours and 40 minutes; much slower than a human. This past week, a C

Walker S2 is an adult-sized humanoid robot with legs, a torso, and arms. China is sending these robots to patrol their border with Vietnam.

Chinese startups are churning out more humanoid robots than their U.S. rivals, despite far lower valuations.

China’s humanoid robots were the talk of the internet after this year’s Spring Festival Gala, where dozens of them kicked, flipped, and danced their way through a four-hour state television broadcast watched by hundreds of millions of people.

A humanoid robot conducts late-night testing in Beijing on April 11, 2026, as it prepares for the upcoming half marathon event held in the city. Photo: VCG. As the capital city sh

The Agibot G2 is the first humanoid robot to get a job alongside humans on a high-speed electronics production line, Agibot says.