Humanoid robots perform advanced martial arts at Chinese New Year gala

China's annual gala on Lunar New Year's Eve has showcased Beijing's giant leap in technology as humanoid robots took centre stage to perform a joint martial arts routine featuring several firsts. China's Spring Festival Gala, which aired on Monday on state broadcaster CGTN, has gone viral, drawing nearly half a million views on YouTube. The performance marked a stark contrast with last year's show, when robots twirled handkerchiefs and performed simple movements. The first robots to appear were Noetix's Bumi models, who performed a comedy sketch. Unitree's robots later exhibited martial arts alongside child artists, including backflips and trampoline jumps, followed by Magiclab's humanoids in a musical segment.