China

New videos from Unitree Robotics show dozens of G1 humanoids executing high-stakes synchronized jumps and complex formations, powered by a new "Cluster Cooperative Rapid Scheduling System."

From drunken boxing martial arts to family-oriented comedy skits, China’s leading robotics firms transformed the world’s most-watched television event into a massive public stress test for humanoid viability.

Unitree Robotics has released footage of its G1 humanoid performing assembly tasks at its own manufacturing facility, powered by the new UnifoLM-X1-0 model—marking a pivotal shift from marketing stunts to industrial utility.

RoboParty has released the full-stack designs and software for its first bipedal humanoid, signaling a new wave of "reproducible" open-source robotics that seeks to avoid the capital-intensive pitfalls of its predecessors.

The Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center has unveiled the Tiangong 3.0, a general-purpose platform featuring 43 degrees of freedom, millimeter-level precision, and a major push toward open software and hardware standards.