# robots
Latest news and articles about robots
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China’s Spring Gala Becomes a ‘Super Roadshow’ for Humanoid Robots — But the Real Test Is Commercialisation
China’s CCTV Spring Festival Gala featured multiple domestic robot makers in high‑visibility performances, turning the national broadcast into a de facto investor roadshow. The exposure has already driven search and order spikes, and several companies are accelerating listing plans, but converting spectacle into sustainable revenue will require scalable manufacturing and clear commercial use cases.
From Watches to Robots: How China’s Spring Festival Gala Became a Four‑Decade Mirror of Economic Change
China’s Spring Festival Gala has tracked the nation’s economic evolution for more than forty years. What began as barter deals for watches has evolved into multi‑hundred‑million yuan interactive partnerships and showcases of AI and robotics, making the Gala a concise barometer of consumer trends, corporate strategy and industrial policy.
Robots Steal the Show at China’s New Year Gala — and Send Consumer Orders Soaring
Robotic performances at China’s Spring Festival Gala triggered a surge in consumer demand — orders jumped about 150% and several models sold out within minutes. The televised showcase amplified commercial interest in domestic robotics while prompting debate over reliability, safety and the broader geopolitical signal of China’s tech ambitions.
China’s Spring Gala Puts Robots Center Stage — Markets Cheer, Reality Lags Behind
China’s 2026 Spring Festival Gala showcased multiple robot makers and shone a spotlight on listed suppliers and investors with exposure to embodied-intelligence technologies. While the public debut boosted attention and prompted capital-market scrutiny, most corporate participants report only small-batch orders and pilot-stage business, leaving the sector’s commercial inflection point uncertain.
China’s Spring Gala Turns Robots into a Consumer Frenzy — JD Searches Spike Over 300%
Robot performances at China’s 2026 Spring Festival Gala triggered a rapid consumer response: JD.com saw robot searches surge over 300% and orders rise 150% within the first two hours. The event showcased robotics to a mass audience, producing immediate sales and raising questions about supply, capability and longer‑term market sustainability.
ByteDance Turns the Spring Festival Gala into an AI Showcase — Seedance2.0, Robots and 4K Streams Take Center Stage
ByteDance provided four technical services to the 2026 Spring Festival Gala — creative assistance from its Doubao model, embodied-intelligence work for robots, the Volcano Engine Ark compute platform for peak-load handling, and speech-recognition subtitles for Douyin live streams. Seedance2.0 was customized for several performances and video-cloud enhancements secured the gala’s 4K/50fps broadcast quality, marking a high-profile demonstration of real-time AI and media infrastructure at national scale.
China’s Spring Gala Turns Into a Showcase for Robots and ‘Hard’ Consumer Tech
China’s 2026 Spring Festival Gala prominently featured humanoid and quadruped robots alongside smart‑home and hard‑tech sponsors, signalling robotics’ entry into mainstream consumer culture. The broadcast amplified recent investment and production gains but also highlighted the sector’s next challenge: converting theatrical demonstrations into affordable, scalable, real‑world applications.
Chengdu Turns Spring Festival Footfall into a Launchpad for AI and Robotics
During the Lunar New Year, Chengdu’s Chunxi Road hosted an AI‑focused consumer launch festival that paired hands‑on demonstrations and a robot pop‑up with a nearby large‑scale robot marketplace. Jinjiang District frames the effort as part of a strategic “first‑release economy” to speed lab‑to‑market conversion and build a linked innovation‑and‑retail ecosystem.
From Baijiu to Bots: How China’s Spring Gala Became an AI and Robot Showcase
China’s 2026 Spring Festival Gala has pivoted from traditional sponsors such as baijiu brands toward AI assistants, robots and internet platforms. ByteDance’s Doubao and several robotics firms are using the national broadcast to seed user growth and investor interest, but the technology and commercialization behind the spectacle remain nascent.
China Puts an Embodied AI on Its Biggest Stage: Galaxy General to Supply Robots for the 2026 Spring Gala
Galaxy General has been designated to provide embodied large-model robots for China’s 2026 Spring Festival Gala, signalling a shift of advanced robotics from labs into mass cultural exposure. The move offers a high-profile marketing and technical proving ground while raising safety, governance and societal-acceptance questions.