Prices plummet seen in commercial, industrial sectors as production surges.

While there's a viable commercial path forward in industry and logistics, experts say demand for humanoids lags building capacity.

A new national initiative directs local governments and state-owned firms to test robots across manufacturing, logistics, retail, health care and emergency response.

Chinese humanoid robot startups are moving beyond choreographed demonstrations and into factories and retail stores, racing to secure real-world deployments that could eventually…