China’s humanoid robots go from viral stumbles to kung fu flips in one year

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/20/china-humanoid-robots-spring-festival-gala-unitree-tesla-ai-race.html

10 Comments

  1. Look. At. The. Trend.

    Don’t look at how good they are *now.*

    Look at how good they were 5 years ago, 4 years ago, etc.

    And then reach for whatever coping mechanism you can.

  2. That’s a 42 minute long video, do you have a time-stamp to skip to for the relevant portion?

  3. For me the insane part is that they were allowed to choreograph with kids, since this is so risky to do incase the bots malfunction for any reason. I feel like they would have had extensive testing prior to this program.

  4. I’m tired of watching people fight in movies. I even fast play those parts in movies I watch… But weirdly enough, I could watch robots fight with interest. Even better irl at the local circus like the Romans did. Ah ah! That’s more fun when nobody has to suffer. SkyNet is coming closer and closer, that will not be fun.

  5. Get ready for endless robot wars. Sure we could give you UBI, but darn we have to put all resources into robot armies. But as soon as we deal with those bad guys, we will give you riches beyond your dreams! Just suffer for a little bit longer…

  6. ClassicTrip7908 on

    to the replies: keep being sour and bitter whenever it is a chinese piece of tech. you just know had it been an european or american event there would have been praises and thousands of likes. should rename this sub to westerology.