China's Humanoid Edge Is Hardware, Not AI

⭐️ China’s humanoid robots are making headlines 🤖 A Chinese robot, Tiangong Ultra, ran 100m in 9.39 seconds, beating Usain Bolt’s 9.58-second record. Honor’s Lightning also ran an impressive 9.47 seconds. It’s not an official human record, but it shows how fast robotics technology is advancing. #AI #Robotics #HumanoidRobot #China #Technology #Innovation

I'll be honest, when I saw that headline I had to read it twice. At the World Humanoid Robot Games in China, two robots ran the 100 meters in under 9.58 seconds. Bolt's record, held for 16 years. Gone. And somehow that's not what I keep thinking about from this week. XPeng raised $900 million for their humanoid robotics unit. Tencent and Alibaba both wrote checks. The largest single round in China's embodied AI industry ever. Their IRON robot is supposed to be in mass production by end of 2026. That's not a lab project anymore, that's a supply chain conversation. But the thing I actually can't stop thinking about is what happened on August 17. Google's A2A protocol moved into the Agentic AI Foundation alongside Anthropic's MCP. 250 member organizations now, including AWS, Microsoft, Google

🤖 Two humanoid robots broke Usain Bolt's world record this week. That's not even the most interesting thing that happened in AI. I'll be honest, when I saw that headline I had to read it twice. At the World Humanoid Robot Games in China, two robots ran the 100 meters in under 9.58 seconds. Bolt's record, held for 16 years. G... 📰 Source: Artificial Intelligence (AI) 🔗 Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1vz2eym/two_humanoid_robots_broke_usain_bolts_world/ # AI # ArtificialIntelligence

AI is bringing a new generation of humanoid companions to China’s adult toy industry @aipost 🏴