Crunch time for China's robotic startups as pandemic brings pain and opportunities

Crunch time for China's robotic startups as pandemic brings pain and opportunities

Closeup photo of white robot arm. Source: Franck V./Unsplash

With glowing blue eyes and trusting feline features, a new robot cat by Chinese startup Elephant Robotics seems happily oblivious to the worries of CEO Joey Song as he shows it off at the company’s lab in Shenzhen.

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