J ack Ma-backed Ant Group has officially introduced its first humanoid robot, R1, at two major tech events this month in Berlin and Shanghai. At the IFA 2025 in Berlin on September 6, the robot was shown cooking shrimp in a mock kitchen.

At IFA 2025, Neura showcased its humanoid robots, hinting at a future where 4NE1 and MiPA products could soon move from enterprise use to everyday life.

People aged 65 and older already make up about 15 percent of its 1.4 billion citizens, according to United Nations data. Demographers expect China to join Japan and South Korea as a "super-aged" society, where more than one in five residents are seniors, by 2035.

Jack Ma’s Ant Group has entered the humanoid robot race with the launch of the R1 humanoid robot in Shanghai. The new machine was displayed at the 2025 Inclusio

The robotics startup market has matured over the last decade and the cost to produce robots has gone down significantly.

R1 is Ant Group’s latest move into humanoid robotics, which can tackle real-world tasks like cooking, guiding visitors and sorting medicines

Having nailed the laundry — including loading the washer and later folding everything up — the Figure 02 humanoid robot is now taking on the task of loading the dishwasher. And it seems to have nailed that, too.

Cross-industry Humanoid Robots in the Automotive Sector: A New Industrial Revolution under the AI Wave

ShengShu's Vidar technology revolutionizes humanoid robot training by using AI-generated synthetic video, reducing required training data from hours to just 20 minutes.

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About 500 robot athletes from 16 countries competed in Beijing as the United States and China race each other to shape the future of AI.

Over the next several years, humanoid robots will change the nature of work. Or at least, that’s what humanoid robotics companies have been consistently promising, enabling them to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at valuations that run into the billions.