China is making a big bet that humanoid robotics will lead a tech revolution. An IO-AI Tech staff member trains a humanoid robot to do laundry at the company’s headquarters in Shenzhen. “The biggest challenge for robotics is that we don’t have millions of robots out there in the real world that are producing robot data. China v US robot race Robots fight during a kickboxing match at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing in 2025. IO-AI Tech founder Xiangyu Chen with the company’s exoskeleton glove that can be used to control humanoid hands.