China is running the EV playbook on humanoid robots — and it’s working Rest of World By: Kinling Lo 5 February 2026 at 04:00 While Silicon Valley spent 2025 polishing its marketing decks for the humanoid future, China was busy shipping the robots. Nearly 90% of all humanoid robots sold globally in 2025 were... © Noushad Thekkayil/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesG1 Robot, a humanoid agent AI avatar by Unitree Robotics, takes center stage at the Web Summit Qatar 2026