(Wall Street Journal) – U.S. and China are racing to build a truly useful humanoid worker. Whoever wins could gain a huge edge in countless industries.

The engineers at a startup called UBTech are training humanlike robots to sort auto parts and move containers. The task looks mundane, but the technology behind it isn’t.

Powered by artificial intelligence, these humanoids work with other robots and figure out on their own how to get the job done, according to the company—and, in the process, learn how to do it better. (Read More)