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These Robots Can Sprint. But Can They Think? | BBC News

AI Decoded breaks down the extraordinary scenes from the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, where robotic athletes broke world records, boxed, danced and sometimes spectacularly failed in front of a global audience. China now produces around 90% of the world's humanoid robots and is investing heavily in what it calls "embodied AI". But despite remarkable advances in hardware, many experts believe the biggest obstacle isn't engineering at all. It's intelligence. So why can AI write software but not unload a dishwasher? Why is picking up a cup still harder for a robot than solving complex p…