A Chinese robot has surpassed Usain Bolt’s 100-metre world-record time at the World Humanoid Robot Games, capping a year of rapid advances in humanoid robotics. The milestone e comes as China ramps up investment in humanoid robotics, a sector Beijing considers strategically important. Is this simply a demonstration, or an early warning about where the balance of technological power is heading? Technology analyst and former White House advisor Lindsay Gorman joins us to assess the implications.
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