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Video # China’s robot makers display latest humanoid robots at conference in Beijing China kicked off the 2026 World Robot Conference with companies showcasing the country’s expanding robotics industry. Organizers say around 3,000 products will be showcased.
Key takeaways
- Unitree Robotics, one of China’s leading humanoid‑robot makers, has taken center stage in the latest wave of robotic breakthroughs.
- In mid‑August the company unveiled a new “Superman” humanoid that can leap two metres vertically and sprint at 12.66 metres per second—speeds that exceed the world‑record high‑jump and sprint performances of elite athletes such as Usain Bolt.
- The robot was demonstrated at the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing, where its back‑flipping and kung‑fu moves also drew headlines.
- On the same week Unitree completed a blockbuster IPO on Shanghai’s STAR market, with its shares soaring more than 460 % above the offer price and briefly spiking as much as 629 %, underscoring intense investor enthusiasm for Chinese embodied‑AI.
- Despite the rapid hardware advances, Unitree’s founder Wang Xingxing cautioned that a “ChatGPT moment” for humanoid robots—when they can reliably generalise across tasks and execute precise movements through conversational AI—may still be up to ten years away.
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China’s robot makers display latest humanoid robots at conference in Beijing
China kicked off the 2026 World Robot Conference with companies showcasing the country’s expanding robotics industry. Organizers say around 3,000 products will be showcased. Some of the humanoids danced, and one even played ping pong with a human opponent. (AP video: Wayne Zhang and Wu Jia)
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