Humanoid robots dominated the spotlight at this week’s World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai. According to Chinese outlets TMTPost and Chinastarmarket.cn, the 2025 event featured over 80 robotics firms — among them Ubtech Robotics, Faraday Technology, DEEP Robotics, Leju Robot, Engine AI, X Square Robot, and Proto-Sentient Intelligence (Psi-Robot) — showcasing more than 60 humanoid models, up sharply from just 18 in 2024.