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Martial arts robots dazzle at 2026 Spring Festival Gala #CoolChina #springfestival2026 (5 min. video)
Youtube ^ | 02 16 2026 | CGTN

Posted on 02/17/2026 6:14:54 AM PST by yesthatjallen

Tradition meets technology in a stunning showcase at the 2026 Spring Festival Gala by China Media Group. This year's gala features robots performing synchronized martial arts routines alongside children, highlighting a bold fusion of heritage and high-tech innovation.

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1 posted on 02/17/2026 6:14:54 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen
features robots performing synchronized martial arts

I have a really bad feeling about this.

2 posted on 02/17/2026 6:17:46 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Pre-programmed moves are one thing; actually responding to an opponent is another thing...


3 posted on 02/17/2026 6:38:58 AM PST by MichaelRDanger
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To: yesthatjallen
These are not autonomous. They are running a dance program like the Boston Dynamics robots.
The amazing part is the balance and flexibility.
4 posted on 02/17/2026 6:42:02 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, the Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: yesthatjallen

YAWN


5 posted on 02/17/2026 6:48:18 AM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: yesthatjallen

American ingenuity will defeat the robot hordes.

masks of robot faces will confuse their targeting systems.

i cannot wait.

t


6 posted on 02/17/2026 6:51:10 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: yesthatjallen
Did you notice the bit on the channel -- "CGTN is funded in whole or in part by the Chinese government. "

M E S S A G I N G, and very likely a setup for M A R K E T I N G.....

7 posted on 02/17/2026 7:03:24 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: yesthatjallen

Everyone was king fu fighting
Those ‘bote were fast as lightning.


8 posted on 02/17/2026 7:04:40 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Dept. of Education should teach about Nietzsche: DOGE didn't kill it and now it's stronger than ever)
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Stupid spill Czech

Everyone was king fu fighting
Those ‘bots were fast as lightning.


9 posted on 02/17/2026 7:06:30 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Dept. of Education should teach about Nietzsche: DOGE didn't kill it and now it's stronger than ever)
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To: yesthatjallen

Simply amazing at the dexterity and balance.

I used to think that being a plumber would be the last thing a robot would be able to do, that it’d be hard to rwist themselves under a sink.

After watching this, it’ll be a piece of cake for them.

There really isn’t anything that humans can do that they won’t be able to do.

Yeah, probably even that!

We be screwed!


10 posted on 02/17/2026 7:34:31 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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The amazing thing is those kids are out there performing with those robots. In industrial settings, it's way too dangerous to get near operating robots and safety regulations require that they be in cages. Every year or two, somebody gets killed by one anyway.


11 posted on 02/17/2026 7:51:51 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: KarlInOhio

Keep fixing it… maybe AI could help? :D


12 posted on 02/17/2026 7:52:47 AM PST by No.6
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To: yesthatjallen

It’s curious to see so many dismissive comments.

The evolution of the technology is advancing at an astonishing rate.

Consider seriously how far and how fast technology in so many areas has advanced in a very short time span.

Exciting and frightening times indeed.


13 posted on 02/17/2026 7:52:49 AM PST by sjmjax
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To: yesthatjallen

Crouching Tiger hidden Robot


14 posted on 02/17/2026 8:03:25 AM PST by Bob434 (NYWAYS)
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To: yesthatjallen

This is obviously AI video.


15 posted on 02/17/2026 8:05:33 AM PST by montag813
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To: MichaelRDanger

These robots are very scary indication of what is to come.

Preprogramed moves are the basis for responses that are much faster than we can react to.

Then a controlling AI to pick the moves it will apply to us.


16 posted on 02/17/2026 8:30:46 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad
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To: yesthatjallen

Next-level BattleBots - yawn.


17 posted on 02/17/2026 8:36:36 AM PST by Stosh
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
I have a really bad feeling about this.

Me too, Han /Star Wars reference.

In all arroganc I'm very good at several martial arts. Yeah I'm technically a senior citizen now. Last moron who tried to mug me found out the hard way I still have skills.

These machines would take me apart. And now a few real AI's make the smartest human look like an idiot.

Let's hope they don't decide to take over the world. Us humans would lose. Badly.

18 posted on 02/17/2026 8:57:56 AM PST by piytar (NEVER FORGET Ashli Babbitt, Rosanne Boyland, Corey Comperatore, Iryna Zarutska, and Charlie Kirk!ant)
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To: MichaelRDanger

“ Pre-programmed moves are one thing; actually responding to an opponent is another thing...”

People never seem to notice the humans with handheld controllers behind the fake robots. I would pay to see a challenge between one of these pathetic Chinese robots and one from Boston Dynamics.


19 posted on 02/17/2026 9:00:24 AM PST by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: piytar

“I have a really bad feeling about this.
Me too, Han /Star Wars reference.”

So, a gun in the hands of a criminal is a
threat to the safety of the public.

What will a robot do in the hands of a
criminal?


20 posted on 02/17/2026 9:05:34 AM PST by missthethunder (Since the 1980 Rona Barrett interview. IYKYK. )
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