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Battle of the machines: Chinese robot makers take on foreign peers

By Ma Si and Tian Xuefei (China Daily) Updated: 2016-01-28 11:20

Battle of the machines: Chinese robot makers take on foreign peers

A robot lights a candle during a group wedding at Siasun Robot & Automation Co Ltd in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Jan 20, 2016. [Photo/CFP]

As China embraces automation, the wide technology gap between local and foreign robot makers is narrowing slowly but surely

In a glitzy exhibition hall in Beijing, an extraordinary Tai chi show is on. The performers are a martial arts master in spotless white robes and-wait for it-an industrial robot.

It's the kind of robot you would often see hiding behind safety barriers at factories.

No sooner had the master pushed his right hand against the robot than the latter sprung into action, circled around and smoothly pushed him back in one fluid motion.

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