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I spent a day at a robot “carnival” in Shanghai. Here’s what I saw.

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Humanoid robots are having a moment in China.

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The popular machines are part of the country's strategy to bring artificial intelligence into daily life.

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Embedding the technology into physical systems—an idea called embodied AI—was a key facet of China's latest five-year plan, and companies here are already world leaders in humanoids.

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