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They Were Stumbling a Year Ago — The Real Story Behind China's 23-Billion-View Robot Kung Fu
Twenty-four humanoid robots nailed kung fu backflips on the Spring Festival Gala stage. These are the same machines that could barely manage a folk dance twelve months earlier. Behind the 23 billion views lies an industrial tectonic shift where a $13,500 robot is starting to outpace Tesla Optimus.