SHANGHAI -- Humanoid robots performed the Buddhist dance of the Thousand-hand Goddess of Mercy and shot a basketball cleanly through a hoop, while intelligent robot dogs marched in unison as they prepared for a patrol.
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Humanoid robots by Shanghai's startup Dataa Robotics replicate the Buddhist-style dance of the Thousand-hand Goddess of Mercy at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Thursday. (Photo by CK Tan)
SHANGHAI -- Humanoid robots performed the Buddhist dance of the Thousand-hand Goddess of Mercy and shot a basketball cleanly through a hoop, while intelligent robot dogs marched in unison as they prepared for a patrol.