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How Olaf, the humanoid that brings together three of America’s biggest companies Nvidia, Google, Disney also showcases ‘China’s robot might’

3 months ago08 mins

A humanoid version of Olaf, the snowman from Frozen, has emerged as an example of how global collaboration is shaping the robotics industry. However, this robot also highlights China’s growing role in the sector’s supply chain. Demonstrated by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in March, the robot combines Nvidia’s and Google‘s artificial intelligence systems with Disney’s…

The robot is taken away by police. Photo: Handout

Robot ‘arrested’ after elderly woman startled and sent to hospital in Macau

4 months ago02 mins

An elderly woman was taken to hospital in Macau after being “frightened” by a humanoid robot that abruptly appeared behind her before it was escorted away by police, prompting social media users to joke it had been “arrested”. According to authorities, the woman, who was on her phone at the time, was startled when she…

Trump’s rare earths deal to counter China was a badly needed ‘Sputnik moment’

Cs news8 months ago015 mins

The other day US President Donald Trump said: “With a communist in charge? Look, you just go back a thousand years, it’s been done many times, a thousand years, it’s never worked once.” He was talking about Zohran Mamdani, the leading candidate for New York City’s mayoral election on November 4, who says he is…

China’s Unitree builds course for students to learn how to train, understand robot dogs

Cs news8 months ago02 mins

Unitree Robotics has launched an education platform for students to train robot dogs and understand how they operate based on the start-up’s Go2 system, as adoption of these quadruped machines expands from enthusiasts to mainstream consumers. According to its social media post on Tuesday, Unitree has developed an in-person training course with ready-to-use tools that…

Opinion | How China’s robotics push is clearing path to tech independence

Cs news9 months ago04 mins

Factories in China installed nearly 300,000 new robots last year, more than the rest of the world combined. This figure suggests that China is building leadership in robotics not merely for industrial efficiency, but as a direct path to achieving independence in core artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The prioritisation of embodied intelligence, or AI-powered robots,…

What are China’s ‘future industries’ – and why they matter in the global tech race

Cs news12 months ago02 mins

As the dust barely settles on “Made in China 2025”, Beijing is intensifying its quest for technological supremacy with a focus on “future industries” amid its escalating rivalry with the United States. Authorities are pushing boundaries in their pursuit of a new growth model centred on technological breakthroughs and industrial upgrades. What are “future industries”?…

From Cambridge to Suzhou: a Chinese AI start-up’s journey to unicorn status

Cs news12 months ago02 mins

In 2007, a Chinese PhD student at the University of Cambridge launched a start-up with a former classmate focused on using speech recognition technology to help foreigners learn Chinese. A year later, Yu Kai and his team returned to China, aiming to draw on the country’s vast market and deep talent pool to propel their…