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[Dominic Lee 李梓敬 @dominictsz]

A Chinese company invented an irrigation robot for high-standard farmland, and it’s impressive! With just one click on your smartphone, it can easily water thousands of mu, making farm irrigation smart and efficient!

The progress we've made speaks for itself!

[Asia Tech Lens @AsiaTechLens]

@NVIDIARobotics And the next question is where all of this gets tested in the real world. Singapore is quietly building that infrastructure. We wrote about it - https://t.co/tMYuhzvECx

[Li Zexin 李泽欣 @XH_Lee23]

Unitree's robot dance team just took America's Got Talent by storm.🤖💃

A 26-year-old from Sichuan and his robots performed "Abracadabra" and left the judges hugely astonished.

That leg shake at 1:25 is sososo smooth. Best part of the night.

[matrixbot @thematrixb0t]

CHINA NOW HAS A TERMINATOR PATROLLING WITH POLICE IN PUBLIC

In the south of China, a humanoid robot straight out of a sci-fi movie was spotted walking side by side with real armed cops.

It happened in Shenzhen, where the machine, EngineAI T800, casually joined police patrol like it’s 2049 already.

Yeah, they literally called it the T800, and it looks like a jacked metal soldier ready to arrest your grandma for walking too slow.

This went down at “Window of the World,” a major tourist spot, and no one even blinked.

[Asia Tech Lens @AsiaTechLens]

Singapore wants to be the place where physical AI is tested, trusted, and proven to work outside a demo floor.

New Piece Out Now - https://t.co/xWYgkaJW18

#PhysicalAI #Robotics #Singapore #EmbodiedAI #HumanoidRobots #China
@DoozyRobotics
@SharpaRobotics

[Space and Technology @spaceandtech_]

Shenzhen-based Kinetix AI has introduced a faceless humanoid robot called KAI.

The robot is about 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs 70 kilograms, and can carry loads up to 20 kilograms while running for around 4 hours on a single charge.

With highly flexible hands and precise movements, KAI can fold clothes, handle delicate objects, and assist with everyday household tasks.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Exclusive: India's Tata taps China's Chery for premium EV push, sources say https://t.co/d6MCiEAb5E https://t.co/d6MCiEAb5E

[Bloomberg @business]

"This is the power of AI today."

Xpeng President Brian Gu says the EV maker expects to deliver its first flying cars to customers in China by the end of 2026 https://t.co/pYJ99bkcjH

[Earlybird VC @EarlybirdVC]

Martin Scorsese is joining our portfolio company Black Forest Labs (@bfl_ai) as an advisor.

A filmmaker’s vision begins long before the camera rolls. In a working session with BFL, Scorsese explored how AI can help make that first image visible, shareable, and open to craft.

[Asia Tech Lens @AsiaTechLens]

India's AI data center boom is being built on a grid that can't even move the power it already generates.

https://t.co/gVOdw9fLg1

#AIInfrastructure #IndiaAI #DataCenters #amazon #microsoft #AWS

[Asia Tech Lens @AsiaTechLens]

Billions committed to data centers in India. But for many grid power may not arrive for 18–24 months.
Hyperscaler announcements aren't proof of readiness. They're just proof of demand. https://t.co/gVOdw9fLg1

#AIInfrastructure #IndiaAI #DataCenters

[Asia Tech Lens @AsiaTechLens]

India's AI data center boom is real. The grid isn't ready.
Hyperscalers validate demand—not power readiness. Before you commit capital, check the grid first.

https://t.co/gVOdw9fLg1

#AIInfrastructure #DataCenters #India #EnergyTransition #AsianTech #AIInvestment #PowerGrid

[Asia Tech Lens @AsiaTechLens]

The interesting thing about China isn't any single technology — it's how quickly they move from prototype to deployment at scale. autonomous robots cleaning waterways today, what's next?

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

🇨🇳 China has developed a robot designed to autonomously clean pollution in rivers, lakes, and reservoirs.

[Asia Tech Lens @AsiaTechLens]

@KobeissiLetter The chip war pushed China to develop domestic alternatives faster than anyone expected — the export surge is just that investment starting to show up in the numbers.

wrote about this when we launched last year - https://t.co/0ZEs3czhrV

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🇨🇳 NEW: Chinese cities are rolling out AI-powered robot barber kiosks that scan customers in 3D and cut hair with millimeter precision for just 60 yen per session.

[Anatoli Kopadze @AnatoliKopadze]

instead of watching 2 hours of Netflix tonight, watch this Stanford lecture

it's the clearest explanation I've seen of how ChatGPT and Claude actually work

useful whether you've never touched AI in your life or have been using it every day for the past year

I took the key ideas and turned them into a practical guide on how to actually get 100% out of Claude

find it below

[Asia Tech Lens @AsiaTechLens]

@XH_Lee23 The Leopard 5 is genuinely impressive but Toyota and Ford's problem isn't this one model — it's that BYD keeps doing this. new segment, competitive price, good enough specs. the pace is the nightmare, not the car.

[Asia Tech Lens @AsiaTechLens]

@UlyssesFinn we wrote about this back in September @UlyssesFinn — it's wild how fast Asia is moving on cooling. full breakdown of everything from seawater pods to floating data centers if you want the bigger picture - https://t.co/mATgshSHtr

[Asia Tech Lens @AsiaTechLens]

Proprietary battery swapping in Indonesia is a lock-in decision & most operators are underpricing exit risk.

Here's what a defensible procurement posture looks like https://t.co/e42UBrKV7g

#BatterySwapping #EVFleet #Indonesia

@WeAreGogoro @catl_official @gojekindonesia

[Asia Tech Lens @AsiaTechLens]

@ChinaEnEsp 180 qubits is impressive. The bigger challenge is still getting quantum to work in enterprise settings. We dug into exactly that and why most pilots fail before they even start - https://t.co/NnfY8G3m5t