Suranjana Tiwari
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first heard Aug 2026
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This is the headquarters of Geek Plus in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei.
The company's become the world's largest supplier of autonomous mobile warehouse robots, with customers including Decathlon, Tesco and Walmart.
The robots don't follow rails or conveyor belts.
Instead, they navigate using cameras, sensors and QR codes stuck to the warehouse floor.
Yan Yilu is head of communications for Geek Plus.
Warehouse automation has existed for decades.
What's changed is that software can now coordinate hundreds of autonomous robots at the same time.
And so companies can deploy them without having to build special infrastructure.
Other Chinese companies are going even further.
Humanoid robots with two arms and two legs are being tested inside factories, where they're inspecting products and carrying out simple tasks.
The ambition is to build robots that can work in spaces designed for people, without factories needing to be rebuilt around automation.
Warehouse operators say today's autonomous robots remain far more practical for moving goods around.
Human-like robots may be the industry's long-term goal, but they're still some way from becoming a common sight on factory and warehouse floors.
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