China’s humanoid robots are Wild ‘N Out as they usher in the Year of the Horse.
The Shanghai start-up AgiBot kicked off the humanoid industry’s 2026 Chinese New Year festivities. with what it called the world’s first robot-powered gala. The spectacle featured loads of Agibot’s legged and wheeled biped and humanoid robotics in addition to Aheadform’s viral Elf Xuan humanoid. The hyper-realistic android sang a love ballad penciled by its creator, the Chinese social media star and Columbia PhD Yuhang Hu, to a target market of various other robotics.
It featured dozens of Agibots bipedal and rolled robots.
Throughout the chaotic Spring Festival traveling thrill, AiMOGA Robotics pointed its front runner humanoid, Mornine, at a train terminal in Wuhu. According to the Chery Automobile subsidiary, the bipedal robot with a silicone humanlike face used support to travelers as it stood guard.
In Hangzhou, Unitree Robotics shared video of its small G1 humanoids executing setting up tasks in what the company states is its real robotic factory. Unitree was picked as a main companion for the 2026 Spring Festival Gala on primetime Chinese tv. After a viral showing in 2025, Unitree is joined this year by Beijing’s Galbot, NOETIX Robotics, and Wuxi based Magic Lab, whose G1 opponent is fresh off a weird experience with the rapper Cardi B.
In Shenzhen, LimX Dynamics prepared its full-sized humanoid Oli and its Tron bipeds to delight at the Greater Bay Area Spring Festival Gala. The production is in Guangzhou, where the rising EV manufacturer XPENG shared cinematic video footage of its Iron humanoid robotic delicately interacting with a genuine steed.
And in Beijing, Booster Robotics showcased its acrobatic K1 humanoids in a Happy Lunar New Year message, while RobotEra launched a demo of its L7 biped carrying out a sword dance with an endure human entertainer.