Robots. Photo: Getty
Robots. Photo: Getty
Katrina Northtrop
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Chinese robots are being used to move parts in electric-vehicle factories and to carry out search-and-rescue operations in disaster zones. They are delighting audiences by performing complex dance routines. And robot dogs with automatic rifles attached to their backs are even being tested by the People’s Liberation Army.
These are all applications of humanoid and canine robots manufactured by Unitree Robotics, the Hangzhou-based company that has become the poster child for China’s cutting-edge robot industry – a key technological priority for the Chinese Communist Party.