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Crunch time for China's robot startups as pandemic brings pain and opportunities

A Youibot engineer, wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, works on one of its automated guided vehicle designs in the robotics company's engineering laboratory in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China May 25, 2020. REUTERS/David Kirton

With glowing blue eyes and trusting feline features, a new robot cat by Chinese startup Elephant Robotics seems happily oblivious to the worries of CEO Joey Song as he shows it off at the company’s lab in Shenzhen.

A Youibot engineer, wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, works on one of its automated guided vehicle designs in the robotics company's engineering laboratory in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China May 25, 2020. REUTERS/David Kirton

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