Ubtech unveils Cruzr S2 robot, full sized and wheeled bottom. Seems a lot more agile than before and also capable of different scenarios.
As the number of policy documents and action plans have multiply, it has become clear that the PRC is executing a full-spectrum, whole-of-nation push for global leadership in humanoid robotics. Provinces such as Zhejiang, a longstanding manufacturing powerhouse, led early by publishing PRC’s first “robotics+” policy in 2017 (, March 17). Others quickly followed. This study has found that key provinces such as Guangdong, Jiangsu, Hebei, Anhui, and all four direct-administered municipalities (Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Chongqing) have since issued their own robotics blueprints, reflecting both national alignment and local priorities (, August 15, 2017; , June 7, 2023; , April 19, 2024; , July 18, 2024; , March 10; , May 30). Emerging tech centers like Hangzhou, where the “Six Dragons” locate including the robotics giant Unitree, and Shenzhen have also introduced robotics-specific guidance, reinforcing the PRC’s multi-nodal model of tech diffusion, from the Yellow River basin to the Yangtze Delta and the Greater Bay Area.
Local policies reveal considerable variation from topline central directives. Specialized domains are increasingly mentioned, such as Medical Robotics (66), Special-purpose Robotics (48), and even Electronic Skins (18), and often reflect deliberate local prioritization. For example, Shanghai was among the first localities to release a white paper exclusively focused on medical robotics—a decision shaped by its advanced healthcare infrastructure and robust biomedical innovation base (, October 31, 2023). The Beijing authority also issued an exclusive notice on promoting intelligent eldercare robots (养老机器人) (, June 12). The policy reflects efforts to integrate advanced technologies into daily life, accelerating the expansion of application scenarios and driving widespread adoption at an unprecedented scale. This indicates that technical emphasis is distributed across the country to minimize intra-provincial competition while accelerating collective progress. Local governments are increasingly seeking to carve out distinct roles within the national robotics architecture, tailoring their strategies to local industrial composition, startup ecosystems, and access to talent and capital.
anything has to start somewhere, maybe depend on the day, some clips show some people:it's kind of embarrassing to watch these videos where the stadium is mostly empty and then when you go there and try to order tickets off their Wechat little program and they say all the tickets are sold out. It's ridiculous.
I ended up getting tickets for tomorrow off a separate app that had to be confirmed a day later.
Not too impressed with how the robotic games people have organized this. Feels really amateurish. I went to the stadium where it's been held yesterday and there is nobody even buying tickets and they tell me it's all sold out. And again, I watch videos of the event and there is nobody in those stands.