In July, a robot "6S" store, said to be the world's first, opened in Shenzhen, China's southern tech hub. A month later, Beijing's Robot Mall, a 4,000-square-meter robot "4S" showroom, debuted during ...

A staff member debugs a humanoid robot at a robot company in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province, June 25, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] A robot 6S store, claimed to be the world's first of its kind, ...

A humanoid robot of EngineAI, a robotic startup, is seen at a robot 6S store in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 28, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Lihang) An engineer works on codes at EngineAI, a ...

The robot uprising is coming to a store near you. And no, my colleague and I – Chris Cunnane is the lead author of this article - are not talking about Skynet building T-1000 Terminators to take over ...

Imagine a future where sneaker stores are supplanted by vending machines where robots serve up pairs to eager customers. That sort of future is part of what inspired Solebox's robot, which is set up ...