China's push into robotics hit a snag when a marathon robot tripped over a speed bump and broke apart in a spectacular malfunction on the course.

China’s Canton Fair 2026 opens with a powerful robotics showcase, highlighting humanoid machines and automation systems already transforming global industries.

Brothers Zuo Yuyu and Zuo Jing amassed a hard-earned fortune from making an early bet on robot components and building their Shanghai-listed Leaderdrive into China’s largest maker of robotic joints.

BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday

China's robotics industry is growing at an alarming rate. Interesting Engineering reports the country's factory-based adoptions grew by 300,000 in a year, surpassing the rest of the world. In the same time frame, American factories installed just 34,000 robots

A blue-eyed humanoid robot carefully opens a box and places a tool inside as a crowd of visitors watch the demonstration of "physical AI" skills at a major industrial trade fair in Germany.