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Shock as China building workers hung on gate by harnesses as safety training

21 Mar 2025 - 2:00PM

Three construction workers in China were hung from a gate by their harnesses as part of their safety training, sparking public shock. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin

Military

Chinese satellites seen ‘dogfighting’, US Space Force official says

20 Mar 2025 - 1:38AMvideocam

A Shiyan-24C experimental satellite is launched from a sea platform in 2024. The satellite is among those seen “dogfighting in space”, according to the USSF. Photo: Handout

Military

China’s 6th-gen fighter sighted again as Trump ‘set to announce’ jet contract

5 hours agovideocam

China’s sixth-generation stealth fighter has been spotted on another test run. Photo: Weibo/第一军情

Science

Chinese breakthrough challenges Elon Musk’s verdict on paralysed patients

19 Mar 2025 - 7:00PMvideocam

Four patients with spinal cord injuries were able to move their limbs hours after groundbreaking surgery as part of a clinical trial led by Shanghai’s Fudan University. Photo: Fudan University

Science

Former US defence researcher Zhan Hanyu joins China’s elite aerospace university

20 Mar 2025 - 3:25PMvideocam

In December, Zhan Hanyu became a full-time professor at the college of automation engineering at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics after studying and working in the US for more than 15 years. Photo: The Paper

Japan start-up develops Gundam-like robot with US$2.7 million price tag

Video | Japan’s US$2.7 million Gundam-inspired robot suit

3 Oct 2023 - 1:36PM

Video | Meet ‘Pibot’, the world’s 1st AI robot pilot

7 Sep 2023 - 10:43AM

China technology

Video | Chinese firm develops robot that mimics skilled human fighter

1 Aug 2023 - 10:42PM

Video | Robotic arms spur exploration of multi-limbed cyborg world

1 Aug 2023 - 4:16PM

Imagine a multi-limbed cyborg world, made possible by these wearable robot arms

Video | Robot spiders could soon be inspecting Japan’s sewers

7 Dec 2022 - 9:30PM

Artificial intelligence

Video | Robot artist Ai-da addresses UK Parliament

15 Oct 2022 - 10:00AM

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Video | ‘Robot cats’ serve food in staff-strapped New York eateries

7 Sep 2022 - 2:30AM

Robot cats to the rescue: short-staffed New York restaurants use China-made machine waiters

Video | These humanoids are built to sense how you feel

20 Aug 2022 - 10:00AM

Video | Snake-like robot to help in disaster rescues

14 Jul 2022 - 7:01AM

Video | Progress in perfecting humanoid robots

10 Jun 2022 - 11:00PM

Japanese scientists make strides toward perfecting humanlike robots with lab-grown human skin

Video | Robot goat for ageing farmers

2 Jun 2022 - 8:00AM

Kawasaki’s robot goat designed to ease Japan’s labour shortage due to an ageing population

Video | Japan’s mini moon exploration robot

4 May 2022 - 5:03PM

Video | VR robot is future of Japan’s rail repair

28 Apr 2022 - 4:17AM

Video | Robot ‘child’ helps train dentists

26 Apr 2022 - 5:15AM

Robot ‘child’ in Japan helps train paediatric dentists

Video | ‘Robo rat’ may prove a lifesaver

22 Apr 2022 - 1:55AM

Robot rat may prove a lifesaver, Chinese scientists hope

Video | ‘Robot surgeon’ in China

21 Apr 2022 - 6:00PM

US start-up sends tiny robots on voyage into human brains

Inventors hope to use the injectable micro machines to target tumours in ‘surgical strikes’, or pierce fluid-filled cysts within the brain.

14 Apr 2022 - 7:35AMvideocam

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How a superhero film inspired a magnetic robot slime

The jellylike substance designed by researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong could help retrieve objects from the body.

12 Apr 2022 - 2:06PM

The robot slime was developed at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

China technology

No leash, no poop as robot dogs take to Chinese streets

Robots that are designed to act like dogs are becoming more common on Chinese social media, but it remains to be seen if they will catch on.

17 Feb 2022 - 7:30AM

Camel beauty contest, being LGBTQ+ and Chinese, and more

14 Jan 2022 - 3:58PM

JD.com opens robotic e-commerce shops in the Netherlands

JD.com has remained largely unscathed by government’s tech crackdown but new markets are key to offset slower consumer spending in China.

11 Jan 2022 - 12:54AM

A man stands outside JD.com’s headquarters, amid the Singles’ Day shopping festival, during an organised tour in Beijing, China, November 9, 2021. Photo: Reuters

Chinese scientists build factory robot that can read minds

Trained robot monitored co-worker’s brain waves and muscle signals to predict needs, China Three Gorges University team says in domestic peer-reviewed paper.

6 Jan 2022 - 5:29AMvideocam

Mind-reading robot works with a volunteer in a product assembly experiment. Photo: Dong Yuanfa, Intelligent Manufacturing Innovation Technology Centre, China Three Gorges University

US-China tech war

China wants to double factory robot density by 2025

China, coping with an ageing and shrinking workforce, is one of the world’s most aggressive countries in automating manufacturing.

29 Dec 2021 - 7:00PM

How a Singaporean is creating robot jobs for Hong Kong paraplegics

Paraplegics Kwan Siu-fai and Lau Pui-nam remotely operate customer service robots at a restaurant and a Hyatt hotel, part of an initiative created by a Singaporean entrepreneur.

23 Dec 2021 - 4:14PMvideocam

Video | Disabled people use cafe robots

24 Aug 2021 - 9:00AM

Disabled people in Japan control cafe robots from the comfort of their own homes

Video | The Covid-19 health care robot

10 Jun 2021 - 6:40AM

Meet Grace, the health care robot created for the coronavirus crisis

Tech firm’s robo-dogs have their day in China as pet ownership booms

AlphaDog uses sensors and artificial intelligence to ‘hear’ and ‘see’ and can be taken for walks.

8 Apr 2021 - 5:40PMvideocam

Video | China’s robot restaurant

4 Apr 2021 - 1:37PM

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