Dancing robots take the stage at China’s Spring Festival Gala performance

A troupe of humanoid robots danced alongside performers in China’s annual televised Spring Festival Gala on January 28, 2025. The gala, which is the most-watched programme in mainland China, was seen by more than 1 billion viewers. The bipedal robots, created by the Chinese robotics company Unitree, were supported by cloud computing infrastructure created by Alibaba Cloud, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group Holdings, which owns the South China Morning Post.