Despite making an impression at the Beijing tournament, many Chinese humanoid robots still struggle with basic tasks, exposing a huge gap between technology and application.
Báo Khoa học và Đời sống•20/08/2025
More than 500 robots participated in the first Human Robot Olympics in Beijing, with challenges ranging from sports to daily life. (Photo: South China Morning Post) However, many robots made the audience laugh when they staggered and fell, taking 17 minutes to pick up a few pieces of trash or 5 minutes to pick up only 3 boxes of medicine. (Photo: Zhang Chenlin/Xinhua/IMAGO)
A rare bright spot comes from UniX AI's Mirai, which completes cleaning a room in eight minutes using a large AI model. (Photo: South China Morning Post) Observers say the event exposed the gap between technological ambitions and practical applications of humanoid robots. (Photo: South China Morning Post)
China is investing heavily in a robot training school in Shanghai, where hundreds of models are trained to perform tasks such as washing dishes, tightening screws and welding. (Photo: South China Morning Post) “Stars” such as Yuanzheng A2 and Lingxi X1 continue to appear densely at technology exhibitions, showing their determination to explode this field. (Photo: Analytics Insight) The government 's goal is to make China a leading humanoid robot power by 2027. (Photo: VCG)
However, experts warn that it will take many years for technology to overcome barriers in balance, kinesiology and artificial intelligence. (Photo: VCG) Dear readers, please watch more videos : Breakthrough in the humanoid robot revolution | VTV24
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