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Why China’s new humanoid robot standards could change the industry

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By the time you finish reading this sentence, another humanoid robot will have rolled off a production line somewhere in China. That is not hyperbole. On March 30, 2026, Shanghai-based Agibot announced it had produced its 10,000th humanoid robot – a mi…