679 million people watched China's robots perform fully autonomous kung fu at the 2026 Spring Festival Gala. Backflips. Nunchucks. Sword fights. Drunken boxing. No operators. No remote control. No second takes.

One year ago these same machines were shuffling across a stage waving handkerchiefs. Today they are sparring with martial arts masters, executing 7.5-rotation airflare spins, and performing three consecutive single-leg backflips in front of the largest television audience on Earth.

This video breaks down the 8 most jaw-dropping moments " from the robot that bowed to a child, to the swarm of 20 machines that moved as one organism at 4 meters per second, to the single move at the end that made a stadium go silent.