China's Dongtu Technology has demonstrated a fully domestically sourced electronic architecture for humanoid robots that withstood joint destruction, cyberattacks, and virus injection in state-supervised testing—yet converting that technical milestone into a scalable commercial product remains the company's defining challenge. The public validation, conducted on

China's humanoid robot makers are racing to control their supply chains—mirroring a costly EV-era playbook that reshaped the battery industry, but with far higher technological stakes and far fewer guarantees. The launch of Unitree Robotics' Dex5-S dexterous hand this month—priced from RMB 39,