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🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖 Six humanoid robots steal the show - with perfectly synchronized dance

Something remarkable happened on a stage in Chengdu, China. Six humanoid robots made their first major live performance, dancing alongside Chinese-American singer Wang Leehom, as part of the show.
Dressed in silver sequins, the robots performed a fully synchronized choreography with the artist.

What stood out:
• Webster flips
• Human-like motion control
• Precise timing to live music

We’re talking coordinated arm movements, leg kicks, turns, and jumps - all executed in sync.

Robots have appeared on stage before.
What’s different here is scale and capability: not one robot moving cautiously, but multiple humanoids performing dynamic movements together.
On one hand, this demonstrates how far robotics and physical AI have progressed.
On the other, it marks something deeper: a human–machine co-production in the performing arts.

Behind the performance was Unitree Robotics. Earlier this year, the company introduced a capability called “Keep the Music Going, Keep the Dance Flowing” - enabling robots to stay rhythmically aligned with music in real time.
What are your thoughts on robots entering human stages - and human culture? 🤔💬

Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) on X

🤖 Europe’s Humanoid Robotics Moment

When people talk about humanoid robots, the conversation usually jumps straight to the US and China. Thinking of Europe, here’s a couple of humanoid robotics companies coming to my mind.

🇪🇸 PAL Robotics (Spain) - One of the longest-standing humanoid pioneers, focused on real-world mobility and service robotics.
🇩🇪 NEURA Robotics (Germany) - Pushing cognitive humanoids designed for industrial work and human–robot collaboration.
🇬🇧 Engineered Arts (UK) - Building the world’s most expressive humanoids for communication, interaction, and emotion-driven design.
🇬🇧 Humanoid (UK) - A rising startup reinventing how robot embodiment and AI merge.
🇳🇴 1X Technologies (Norway) - Backed by OpenAI, developing humanoids for security, logistics, and home tasks.
🇨🇭 Hexagon Robotics (Switzerland) - A Swiss player bringing precision engineering into the humanoid space.
🇬🇧 Kinisi Robotics (UK) - Designing human-adaptive movement systems for advanced mobility and assistance.
🇫🇷 Enchanted Tools (France) - Blending robotics with character-driven design to create socially intuitive, expressive humanoid helpers.

🌍 Why this matters
Humanoid robots are moving from research labs to pilot projects in logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, security, hospitality, and public services. These robots unlock entirely new workflows in environments built for humans, for now.

🔍 ... meanwhile, in China…
China’s government has just warned about a potential humanoid robotics bubble: too many companies, too fast, chasing hype instead of validated demand. It’s an important signal. (source: Bloomberg)

My values: human-centred technology, sustainable, safe and profitable.

👉 Where do you see the strongest opportunities for humanoids deployment in Europe? Let’s open the conversation.

Human-Centered Automation - What? How? and Why!
Robots & AI

To our CEO & Founder Sylvia Stocker, it is the core of successful automation with Robots & AI.
Human-centered automation gets mentioned everywhere. But, what does it mean and why is it important?

1️⃣ WHAT - What is human-centered automation?
It’s automation designed around people, not technology. It means:
✔ Robots take over tasks humans shouldn’t do
(dull, dangerous, heavy, repetitive)
✔ Humans focus on the work they excel at
(creativity, strategy, leadership, care)
✔ Technology that extends human capability, not replaces it
This isn’t theoretical. In Sylvias field of work service robots and humanoids automate across hospitality, healthcare, logistics, retail, and manufacturing.

2️⃣ HOW - How do companies implement it?
Sylvia sees two essential elements:
1. Design and program the tasks in a way that respects humans.
Robots must be predictable and supportive, so human–machine collaboration actually works.
2. Adoption models that are flexible and accessible
This is where RaaS (Robot-as-a-Service) becomes a true game changer.
With RaaS, companies can:
• deploy robots on a monthly subscription (cost and agility)
• pilot, learn, and scale without CapEx
• build workflows where humans + robots operate as one team
• integrate automation without disrupting employees
Human-centered means technology adapting to people, not the other way around.

3️⃣ WHY - Why it matters?
Let’s take Switzerland, for example, an SME nation.
99% of all companies have fewer than 250 employees.
To stay competitive, they must optimise processes while protecting their people.
Human-centered automation delivers exactly that:
• more time
• more stability
• more capacity
• more meaningful work
• more resilience in a tight labour market

Curious to read more? Check out Sylvias expert article “Passion-Driven employees thanks for Robots & AI”, where she goes even a step further - Sylvia speaks about the potential! for employees and how automation of repetitive task not only enhances efficiency but also boosts job satisfaction.
https://arabesque.ch/en/publications/

👉 We`re here for that conversation. Leave your thoughts in the comments.

🤖 RaaS - Robots on Demand. Human Enhanced.

In automation, the conversation often starts with technology - hardware, software, systems. But the real shift happening now isn’t technical. It’s strategic and human-centric.

We love to create solutions that are intuitive, empowering, and designed to enhance employee satisfaction. Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) is a monthly subscription model that changes how organisations think about automation. It’s not about owning robots. It’s about accessing intelligent capability – on demand, scalable, and agile. And with that we support and enhance humans in their workplace.

At Arabesque, we see companies deploying robots with RaaS not just to automate tasks, but to reimagine how work gets done:
- Robots step in where routine meets repetition.
- People focus on creativity, innovation, and connection.
- Businesses scale faster — without heavy CapEx or rigid timelines.

This model is cost-effective and serves the mindset of continuous agile automation - a place where business AND people grow.

Tomorrow, at the Swiss Robotics Day 2025 our CEO & Founder Sylvia Stocker will speak about sustainability in Robotics, please come and join (link in comments below). She will speak about the option giving robots a second life in educational settings (after RaaS) as a great way to promote sustainability and also inspire the next generation of robotics experts!

💬 How do you see the monthly subscription model in Robotics (RaaS) reshaping your industry?