China approves Meishan as national historical and cultural city

中国批准眉山为国家历史文化名城

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2026-04-03

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1. Chinese company unveils humanoid robot powered by general action foundation model 2. China completes patent screening at universities, research institutions to enhance commercialization 3. China approves Meishan as national historical and cultural city 4. Chinese researchers decode oriental fruit fly's egg-laying mystery to curb mango damage
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  • Westlake Robotics, a Chinese robotics company,

  • has revealed its humanoid robot Titan-01, empowered by the company's independently developed large model

  • general action expert, which can imitate human movements in real time.

  • Without limitations of time and space, The company said that powered by this foundation model,

  • multiple robots can perform the same tasks simultaneously under the operation of one person,

  • demonstrating the technology in Hangzhou.

  • An operator dressed in a motion capture suit waved,

  • turned, and kicked a ball with Titan-01 mirroring every move in milliseconds.

  • From arm swing angle and torso rotation, to step length and leg lift height during the kick.

  • The rhythm of the robot's movements was highly synchronized with that of its operator,

  • Professor Wang Donglin, founder of Westlake Robotics,

  • explained that these movements were real-time responses to the operator's spontaneous actions.

  • According to Wang, regardless of who the operator is or how his movements change,

  • Titan-01 is able to quickly adapt and keep up in the human body.

  • The cerebellum is responsible for coordinating movement, maintaining balance, and ensuring precise, smooth motion.

  • The large model general action expert serves as the humanoid robot's powerful general purpose cerebellum,