Dongfeng Motors has become the latest Chinese automaker to explore deploying human-like robots after striking a deal with a Chinese robotics firm.

The initiative underscores the growing use of intelligent Chinese-made robots in the country’s manufacturing industry.

By Ben Aris in Berlin The global race to develop and deploy humanoid robots is no longer being led by nations but by cities.

Beijing's Humanoid Robot Data Training Center has been training robots for work using simulations of industrial and daily ...

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

China is making and installing factory robots at a far greater pace than any other country, with the United States a distant third, further strengthening China’s already dominant global role in ...

Fast-growing robotics start-up expects to ship out 5,000 units in 2025 amid Beijing backing of the embodied intelligence industry AgiBot, one of the fastest-growing robotics start-ups in China, has ...

There are an estimated 4,664,000 working industrial robots in the world, according to the International Federation of Robotics. More than two million of them are in China. And don’t count on anyone ...

Humanoid robots have dominated China’s tech headlines this year — dancing on the Spring Festival Gala stage, running marathons, even sparring in boxing rings. But far from the spotlight, in a ...

Can everyone dial it down a little with the enthusiasm for humanoid robots that can’t even do anything useful yet? You’re scaring the Chinese economy. On Thursday, three Bloomberg reporters based in ...

China continues to lead the world in industrial robotics, installing a record 295,000 robots in 2024 alone, which accounts for over half of all global installations. This growth is part of a global ...

In a rundown of what the company has achieved since 2018, Tesla said it had deployed two Optimus bots "performing tasks in the factory autonomously." ...