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#china-humanoid · Rise of the Machines

New robots, new capabilities, new reasons to update your resume. They don't need coffee breaks. They don't call in sick. And they just got an upgrade.

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Japan Airlines Will Put Two Chinese-Made Humanoids on the Tarmac at Haneda in May. The Cover Story Is 「Labor Shortage.」 The Real Story Is the Roadmap to 2028.

On April 27, JAL Grand Service and GMO AI & Robotics Trading announced Japan's first airport humanoid pilot. Two China-made wheeled humanoids will load baggage and shift unit-load devices at Haneda starting in May. The phased plan runs through 2028. The job category being pre-disrupted — airport ground handler — has been one of the most stable, unionized, blue-collar jobs in postwar Japan.

Apr 28, 2026 —

#jal#haneda#gmo-ai-robotics

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Robot Era Just Closed Another $200M and Quietly Pulled SF Express Onto an Embodied-AI Customs Lane. Beijing's Humanoid Race Is No Longer About Demos.

On April 27, Caixin reported that Beijing-based Robot Era closed a fresh round of more than $200M, taking total funding past $346M and pushing valuation well clear of the $1.5B post-money it set in March. The signal isn't the dollar figure — it's the customer roster. SF Express, China's largest courier, is already running embodied-AI customs inspection with Robot Era hardware on cross-border cargo lanes.

Apr 28, 2026 —

#robot-era#robotera#sf-express

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X Square Robot Says It Will Put Humanoids in Real Chinese Homes in 35 Days. The Cap Table Reads Alibaba, ByteDance, Xiaomi, Meituan.

On April 23, X Square Robot — backed by every Chinese platform that matters — unveiled the Wall-B foundation model and said its Quanta humanoids will start showing up in Chinese family homes within 35 days. Pudu Robotics raised $150M at a $1.5B valuation the same week. The Chinese embodied-AI race just compressed its timelines again.

Apr 27, 2026 —

#x-square-robot#embodied-ai#wall-b