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China's Robot Dancers Limber up for America's Got Talent Final
Wu Yufei’s robot crew reached the final as Chinese humanoid makers face investor scrutiny and a $2 billion market forecast, Morgan Stanley said.
- On Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 27-year-old Sichuan native Wu Yufei performs in the Season 21 finals of "America's Got Talent" alongside a crew of Unitree Robotics humanoid robots.
- Robot dancing became a craze in China following a breakout performance at the annual Spring Festival gala, prompting businesses to rush hiring robots to attract visitors.
- Training these machines requires intense effort; Liu Zhiquan, commercialisation lead at robotics motion-capture firm BridgeDP, noted, "It takes a lot of fine-tuning," as a 30-second routine can take weeks to perfect.
- Unitree surged 629 percent on the Shanghai stock market in August, while the Chinese humanoid robotics industry, accounting for more than 97 percent of shipments, forecasts a $2 billion market value.
- Executives at robotics firms acknowledge the industry remains years from its own "ChatGPT moment," as Zeroth CEO Guo Renjie urged stakeholders to give the technology time to reach its full potential.
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e-thessalia.grDancer Wu Wufei, who took the stage with them, says the robots' ability to quickly learn everything from synchronized dance moves to kung fu moves is "quite terrifying."
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwon Sook-hee = A street dancer who teamed up with a Chinese humanoid robot army in the finals of a representative U.S. open audition TV program...
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Wu Yufei, a 27-year-old Chinese dancer, teamed up with "Homies," a group of humanoid dancing robots, to perform on stage and advance to the finals of America's Got Talent.
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