A realistic “robot antelope” wanders in the Tibet Hoh Xil set as part of the Chinese expansion surveillance network, according to state media sequences.
With doe -shaped eyes and thick brown fur, the 5G compatible apparatus and AI looks closely to the endangered Tibetan antelopes while scanning the area with its sensors, according to Xinhua. Developed by Xinhua, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and deep robotics based on Hangzhou, it uses real -time monitoring to follow the migration, food and mating habits.
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China has offered its robotics industry tens of billions of subsidies and recently welcomed the World Conference of Robots 2025. The 5G services reached Tibet in 2019 and, by 2022, the region had a million users. A base station built in Gogmo at the end of 2023 extended the coverage of each district, reported the state media.
Beyond wildlife monitoring, infrastructure supports AI applications, including drones, telemedicine and “intelligent” yaks.
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Beijing has invested massively in Tibet, integrating the region into its Belt and Road initiative and strengthening trade links with Central Asia, while increasing surveillance and expanding its digital presence towards neighboring India.
A July report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies documented China cases using local telecommunications networks to monitor dissidents in Nepal and engage in a Cyber Vol.
