Four rising humanoid robot startups - Unitree Robotics, Galbot, Noetix and MagicLab - demonstrated their products at the gala, a televised event and touchstone for China comparable to the Super Bowl for the United States. The program's first three sketches prominently featured humanoid robots, including a lengthy martial arts demonstration where over a dozen Unitree humanoids performed sophisticated fight sequences waving swords, poles and nunchucks in close proximity to human children performer

Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how #Unitree robots trained for their show-stopping martial arts performance at the Spring Festival gala. #ChinaTech #SpringFestival | China Xinhua News

Humanoid robots by China's Unitree Robotics delivered a synchronized kung fu performance at Beijing’s Temple of Heaven, days after wowing global audiences at the 2026 CMG Spring Festival Gala. #insideChina | CGTN America