China touted its robotics advancements through a grup of several dancing humanoid robots at a festival in Beijing.
Dozens of performers — human and robotic — took to the stage last 28 January during the 2025 Spring Festival Gala, organized by state media company China Media Group, ahead of the Lunar New Year on 29 January.
One of the most eye-catching displays was a dance performance in which 16 humanoid robots, decked in festive red jackets, performed alongside their female human partners.
The robots — tall, thin, and black in color — followed a three-minute dance routine during the performance, according to a video of the performance posted by state media outlet CGTN.
Developed by Hangzhou Yushu Technology, also known as Unitree, in China's eastern city of Hangzhou, the robots kept up with the beat of a Chinese folk dance style and danced with red handkerchiefs.
They spun the handkerchiefs in circles, tossed them into the air, and caught them again with precision, drawing applause from the audience.
Other performers in the festival included American pop band OneRepublic, which performed its hit song "Counting Stars" — with no robots in sight.
The units on stage for the spring festival were Unitree's H1 robots, the company told Chinese media outlets.
Unitree has other robotic offerings, including the smaller G1, which it showcased at the 2025 CES. But the company's also known to have made other machines — including four-legged, doglike robots.
In 2024, these remote-controlled dog robots were seen in footage of a military training exercise conducted by China and Cambodia. The robots, which could be mounted with machine guns, could move forward, jump, and navigate obstacles.
The US military, meanwhile, uses non-weaponized robots from Boston Dynamics, per the company's website.
Unitree H1 robots performed the Yangko folk dance at the 2025 Spring Festival Gala. pic.twitter.com/AaxhrTJ0DI
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