At China's 2026 CCTV Spring Festival Gala on February 17, humanoid robots from Unitree, MagicLab, Noetix, and Beijing Galbot performed martial arts, acrobatics, and household tasks, showcasing rapid advances in motion control and embodied AI.
ByteDance released Doubao 2.0 ahead of Lunar New Year, claiming GPT-5.2 and Gemini 3 Pro parity with 98.3 on AIME 2025, a 3020 Codeforces rating, and pricing 10x cheaper than Western rivals.
Unitree founder Wang Xingxing disclosed plans to ship between 10,000 and 20,000 G1 humanoid robots in 2026, nearly quadrupling last year's ~5,500 units. Morgan Stanley doubled its China humanoid sales forecast to 28,000 units, reflecting the sector's rapid shift from research to commercial scale.
ByteDance officially launched Seedance 2.0, its AI video generation model. Game Science's CEO called it 'the strongest video-generation model on the planet,' while strict real-person content restrictions were implemented.