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Hot Take: The hidden tech behind humanoid robots sorting packages

A robot sorting packages for a week straight – and it almost beat a human.

In a 10-hour, 12,000-package showdown, a human won by just 192 parcels. The secret? Electronic skin on its fingertips that can "feel" pressure as light as 3 grams.

This isn't sci-fi. Touch-enabled humanoids are already on logistics lines in China, sorting at over 85% human efficiency. And the world's largest flexible sensor factory just broke ground in Hubei.

The gap is closing.

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(Sun Dan and Wang Chulun also contributed to the story. Cover designed by Sa Ren)

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