Chinese robot makers ready for Lunar New Year entertainment spotlight

Synopsis On Sunday, Shanghai-based ?robotics start-up Agibot live-streamed an almost hour-long variety show featuring its robots dancing, performing acrobatics and magic, lip-syncing ballads and performing in comedy sketches. Other Agibot humanoid robots waved from an audience section. In China, humanoid robots are serving as Lunar New Year entertainment, with their manufacturers ?pitching their song-and-dance skills to the general public as well as potential customers, investors and government officials. On Sunday, Shanghai-based ?robotics start-up Agibot live-streamed an almost hour-long variety show featuring its robots dancing, performing acrobatics and magic, lip-syncing ballads and performing in comedy sketches. Other Agibot humanoid robots waved…