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China's robots rock, box and mix drinks. Can they outperform humans?

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An FT feature looks at China's robotics push, spotlighting humanoid and specialised robots that can rock climb, box and mix drinks, and asking whether they can genuinely outperform humans.

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  1. 2026-08-22 00:41 · Financial Times AI
    China's robots rock, box and mix drinks. Can they outperform humans?

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