China kicked off the three-day long World Humanoid Robot Games on Friday, looking to showcase its advances in artificial intelligence and robotics with 280 teams from 16 countries.

Chinese researchers are creating the first humanoid robot capable of carrying a pregnancy using an artificial womb. Led by Dr Zhang Qifeng of Kaiwa Technology in Guangzhou, the project aims to replicate the full process of gestation for around 100,

The idea stems from gaps in reproductive healthcare. Infertility rates in China are rising—from 11.9% in 2007 to 18% in 2020, according to a Lancet report. Treatments such as artificial insemination and IVF are costly,

Grid Aero wants to build fleets of low-cost, long-range autonomous cargo planes that could foil Chinese defenses designed to choke off U.S. forces.

Over 500 robots competed in soccer, boxing, and running. In many cases, gravity was the real winner. This week, China’s leading robotics minds gathered in Beijing for a hotly-anticipated, Olympics-style event dubbed the world’s first “ Humanoid Robot Games. ”

MagicLab's flagship humanoid robot shows of its impressive pulling power with new 551 pound, three-man, drag showcase.

In an interview with the People’s Daily, Wang Xingxing predicts that significant progress in the sector will arrive in three to five years.