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- The most recent headlines show a surge of activity around humanoid robots worldwide.
- Chinese car manufacturers are investing billions in new humanoid‑robot ventures, aiming to commercialise the technology as part of a broader push to dominate the global robotics market.
- At the same time, a Chinese humanoid set a new 100‑metre sprint record at the Beijing World Games, underscoring rapid performance gains even as analysts note that many of these robots still lack the intelligence needed for complex work tasks.
- A parallel story emerged from the United States, where the University of Miami’s RoboCanes team qualified for the RoboCup@Home league with the league’s first adult‑sized humanoid, and the University of Texas at Austin secured a five‑year NSF center to study human‑robot co‑adaptation in everyday settings.
- Security researchers also disclosed two critical vulnerabilities in Unitree’s G1 EDU humanoid that could allow root‑level attacks via network and Bluetooth pathways, raising concerns about the safety of rapidly deployed robots.
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