9 h. ago China just beat the US in soft power with the humanoid robot games

On a humid Beijing track last month, the sprint to the future began. The athletes were not human; they were robots. The inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games brought 280 teams from 16 countries to compete in 26 events, from sprints to gymnastics to football. China’s Unitree dominated the track, X-Humanoid excelled in industrial tasks, while Neotix and Booster Robotics won in gymnastics and football. Triumphs were matched by mishaps: colliding, collapsing robots echoed earlier failures, when...

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9 h. ago Opinion | China just beat the US in soft power with the humanoid robot games

Opinion | China just beat the US in soft power with the humanoid robot games  South China Morning Post

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35 h. ago China’s Unitree plans $7 billion IPO valuation, Reuters reports, as humanoid robot race heats up

China’s Unitree plans $7 billion IPO valuation, Reuters reports, as humanoid robot race heats up  CNBC

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35 h. ago China’s Unitree reported $7 billion IPO valuation heats up humanoid robot race

China’s Unitree reported $7 billion IPO valuation heats up humanoid robot race  CNBC

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35 h. ago China’s Unitree heats up humanoid robot race as IPO valuation reportedly hits $7 billion

China’s Unitree heats up humanoid robot race as IPO valuation reportedly hits $7 billion  CNBC

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40 h. ago Tesla targets China’s humanoid robot market with new Weibo account

Tesla has launched a new social media account on Weibo, China’s answer to X, to promote its artificial intelligence technology, a move that analysts view as a preliminary step towards introducing its humanoid robots in the country. The first two posts on the TeslaAI account, unveiled on Sunday, featured images and video of the Optimus robots in action. According to its introduction, the account will also showcase Tesla’s advances in autonomous driving, driverless ride-hailing and its Cortex...

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62 h. ago India's Oil Demand To Beat China? Report Claims Growth to Outpace Beijing as Urbanisation Drives Consumption

India's Oil Demand To Beat China? Report Claims Growth to Outpace Beijing as Urbanisation Drives Consumption  Times Now

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67 h. ago Alibaba leads $100 million investment in Chinese humanoid robot startup

Alibaba leads $100 million investment in Chinese humanoid robot startup  CNBC

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4 d. ago Interim NASA head tells agency that it will beat China back to the moon

Interim NASA head tells agency that it will beat China back to the moon  NBC News

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5 d. ago NASA’s acting chief “angry” about talk that China will beat US back to the Moon

NASA’s acting chief “angry” about talk that China will beat US back to the Moon  Ars Technica

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5 d. ago How the US can beat China on drug safety and national security

How the US can beat China on drug safety and national security  Roll Call

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6 d. ago China offers summer aquaculture, fisheries training programs, aiming to fill widening soft power gap

China offers summer aquaculture, fisheries training programs, aiming to fill widening soft power gap  SeafoodSource

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6 d. ago Lawmakers Panic As They Realize China May Beat the US to the Moon

Lawmakers Panic As They Realize China May Beat the US to the Moon  Futurism

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8 d. ago Unitree to file IPO documents in fourth quarter for likely A

Unitree Robotics, the country’s top humanoid robot maker, said it would file documents to an onshore stock exchange in mainland China between October and December this year, suggesting it will soon go public. While the Hangzhou-based firm’s statement did not specify whether it was seeking a listing in Shanghai, Beijing or Shenzhen, a source familiar with the matter said that the company was eyeing an onshore initial public offering (IPO) as the first step. “At present, the company is actively...

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8 d. ago Belarus/China • Beijing ramps up soft power push in Belarusian universities

Belarus/China • Beijing ramps up soft power push in Belarusian universities  Intelligence Online

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9 d. ago Chinese humanoid robot maker UBTech gets US$1 billion funding boost

UBTech Robotics, a leading Chinese manufacturer of factory robots, has secured a credit line of up to US$1 billion from a Hong Kong investment firm to finance its production expansion, including a joint venture in the Middle East. The Hong Kong-listed company said in an exchange filing on Sunday it would receive funding from Infini Capital, an investment conglomerate headquartered in Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi. The support would come through share allocations, convertible bonds and expedited...

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9 d. ago Asia stocks slip on tech retreat but China marches to its own beat

Asia stocks slip on tech retreat but China marches to its own beat  Reuters

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9 d. ago Asia stocks slip on tech retreat but China marches to its own beat By Reuters

Asia stocks slip on tech retreat but China marches to its own beat By Reuters  Investing.com

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1 week ago Nvidia earnings recap: Stock slips despite earnings beat as China sales remain uncertain

Nvidia earnings recap: Stock slips despite earnings beat as China sales remain uncertain  Business Insider

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2 w. ago Nvidia earnings: Stock slips despite earnings beat as China sales remain uncertain

Nvidia earnings: Stock slips despite earnings beat as China sales remain uncertain  Business Insider

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