The EngineAI T800 humanoid robot is demonstrated during the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 6, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

Evan Yao of EngineAI poses with the EngineAI T800 humanoid robot during the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 6, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

An exhibitor displays AGADE's Agadexo Lowback, its next-generation AI-driven industrial exoskeleton, during the Showstoppers event at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 6, 2026. (Photo by Caroline Brehman / AFP via Getty Images)

The EngineAI T800 humanoid robot is demonstrated during the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 6, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

Fitasy displays its patent-pending AI-driven scan-to-print software for creating custom-fit shoes during the ShowStoppers event at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 6, 2026. (Photo by Caroline Brehman / AFP via Getty Images)

An exhibitor displays Coroflo's "Coro" breastfeeding monitor, which uses a micro flow meter in a slimline silicone nipple shield to measure milk intake, during the ShowStoppers event at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 6, 2026. (Photo by Caroline Brehman / AFP via Getty Images)

Clicks Keyboard Smart Cases for iPhone and Android are on display during the Showstoppers event at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 6, 2026. (Photo by Caroline Brehman / AFP via Getty Images)

Security guards walk past signage for the Qian Xuesen Library at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai on December 31, 2025. China's government has long led efforts to lure top scientists from abroad, but researchers say its institutions themselves are increasingly attracting talent thanks to their generous funding and growing prestige. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with AFP story China-research-science, FOCUS by Jing Xuan Teng