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AI hardware race heats up at electronica Shanghai 2026, humanoid robots emerge as new battleground
electronica Shanghai 2026 opened on Tuesday at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, with more than 2,032 companies exhibiting across 10 halls. Crowds gathered at the humanoid robot zone and the semiconductor sector, where live robot demonstrations and chip-spec consultations continued throughout the day. Organisers set up a humanoid robot area and an embedded AI industry conference. EO Intelligence forecasts China’s AI-based intelligent EV penetration to rise past 50 percent by 2030.
