Across China: Nursing homes lead the way in China's robot boom

QINGDAO, April 8 (Xinhua) -- In a workshop larger than a football field in China's eastern coast city of Qingdao, a sweater-folding robot repeats the same motion thousands of times a day, a kitchen-bot practices carrying plates down the hall, and robot dogs trot through corridors learning to open doors without bumping into walls.

This is the 9,600-square-meter Qingdao Training Center for Elderly Care Robots, whe