Chinese startups are churning out more humanoid robots than their U.S. rivals, despite far lower valuations.

Chinese carmaker Chery has officially taken a bold step into the future by becoming one of the first robot makers to sell its humanoid product directly to the public.

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

The SenseRobot AI Xiangqi Championship, which was held in Shanghai, was the first Chinese chess competition that has featured an AI-powered robot that plays Chinese chess face to face with human grandmasters.

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.He emphasised that Germany offers an "ecosystem of suppliers" and "very strong expertise in mechanical engineering and automation",