Does China Have a Robot Bubble?

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet.
The New York Times

There Are More Robots Working in China Than the Rest of the World Combined

China has embarked on a campaign to use more robots in its factories, transforming its manufacturing industries and becoming the dominant maker. By Meaghan Tobin and Keith Bradsher Meaghan Tobin ...
KTLA

Cheetah Mobile to Acquire Controlling Stake in UFACTORY to Accelerate Its Robotics Commercialization Strategy

BEIJING, July 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE: CMCM) ("Cheetah Mobile" or the "Company"), a China-based IT company, today announced that one of its majority-owned subsidiaries has ...

China Sells Humanoid Robot for the Price of an iPhone

China’s $1,400 Bumi humanoid robot highlights a widening price gap with US robots, raising new questions in the global AI and robotics race.
The Diplomat

From Spectacle to Substance: What China’s Humanoid Robot Games Really Mean

In mid-August, Beijing’s National Speed Skating Oval – the “Ice Ribbon” built for the 2022 Winter Olympics – hosted a new kind of sporting event. For four days, more than 500 humanoid robots from 16 ...
The Hill

China’s robot revolution foreshadows its looming population collapse

The Telegraph reports that China is “terrifying” Western business executives. Chinese “dark factories” are so thoroughly automated that there is no need for lights on the assembly floor. “It’s the ...
CNN

Robots race, play football, crash and collapse at China’s ‘robot Olympics’

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. Robots competed in ...