autonomous systems

WAIC 2026: China’s Embodied AI Push Accelerates

WAIC 2026 showcased how China’s embodied AI industry is moving from lab demos to real-world deployment, with Jianzhi Robot building a 1,000,000+ hour Human Data base, Yufan Intelligent showing advanced quadruped mobility, and Galbot putting robots to work in retail and CATL battery production. For the Chinese EV industry, the big takeaway is clear: embodied robotics is becoming a serious new layer in smart manufacturing, logistics, and factory automation.