# Beyond China’s humanoid robots, a quieter machine revolution is unfolding

https://mins.news/en/item/31096

- BBC News, 2026-08-24 22:13 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62m4zn1q6mo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> More than two million robots already work in Chinese factories, the largest deployment anywhere, and their numbers are rising rapidly. Visits to a vocational institute in Hangzhou and a factory in Chengdu show China training workers and expanding automation, while leaving the effects on human labour and the cost of transformation uncertain.

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