Inside China’s big AI show: Robot police, dancing humanoids and a roof collapseHundreds of thousands of people visited Shanghai to see fleets of humanoid robots, artificial hands and walls of computer chips as China projects global leadership on AI.A humanoid robot in uniform directs traffic outside the WAIC in Shanghai on Saturday.VCG via Getty ImagesJuly 20, 2026, 11:38 AM EDTSHANGHAI — Hundreds of thousands of AI-curious visitors from China and abroad flocked to Shanghai for this weekend’s World Artificial Intelligence Conference, jostling to get a glimpse at China’s latest AI innovations.Just a moment.We are getting your experience ready.