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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.

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Apptronik opens \'Robot Park\' to speed humanoid training for factories and homes

U.S. humanoid robotics startup Apptronik has unveiled a large training facility called Robot Park, aiming to accelerate commercial use of humanoids by collecting large volumes of real-world data. The 90,000-square-foot site in Austin, Texas, trains its Apollo robot through repeated tasks under teleoperation, operating year-round. CEO Jeff Cardenas (제프 카르데나스) called it a data factory for robot learning. The company has raised about $1 billion and is developing Apollo3.