China's Robot Makers Have Mastered the Moves. Now Comes the Race for Brains
Funding hit 93.5 billion yuan in the first half of 2026 as Chinese robot makers bet software will drive future margins.
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China's robot makers have mastered the moves. Now comes the race for brains
BEIJING — After years of building humanoid robots capable of running, dancing and performing backflips, Chinese companies are pouring resources into a different challenge: developing the AI that could make those machines useful across a wider range of jobs.The shift is fuelling an investment boom in embodied AI, a field focused on software that allows robots to understand their surroundings, learn unfamiliar tasks and adapt without having to be …
China’s robot makers have mastered the moves. Now comes the race for brains
By Laurie Chen and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Nov 2 (Reuters) - After years of building humanoid robots capable of running, dancing and performing backflips, Chinese companies are pouring resources into a different challenge: developing the AI that coul...
The Chinese incarnate AI industry captured 93.5 billion yuan in the first half of 2026, about $13 billion. The subsequent cooling of funding raised the pressure to show that humanoids can perform useful tasks and generate revenue.
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