# Yushu Robotics

China’s Spring Gala Turns into a Robot Showcase — What the Pageant Means for the Race to Build a ‘Smart’ Humanoid

China’s 2026 Spring Festival Gala became a de facto showcase for humanoid robotics, with four domestic firms presenting polished acrobatics, coordinated dance and domestic task demonstrations. The broadcast signalled that motion control and embodied intelligence are maturing, while shifting investor attention from hardware to the ‘brain’ — large embodied models and task‑general AI.