Rocky, a gibbon hand-raised by on-site caretaker Jodi Kleier, sits in an enclosure at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
More than 2,000 humanoid robots run, play table tennis and soccer, and are setting records at the ongoing World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, highlighting China’s rapid advances in robotics amid a tech race with the United States.
A gibbon plays in an enclosure at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
On-site caretaker Jodi Kleier carries buckets of food for gibbons during mealtime at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Fruits and vegetables for gibbons are laid out on a table at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Gibbon Conservation Center Director Gabi Skollar feeds a gibbon at the center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A gibbon peers through the fence of an enclosure at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A tattoo of Rocky, a gibbon that on-site caretaker Jodi Kleier hand-raised, is seen on her leg at the center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
On-site caretaker Jodi Kleier arranges replica gibbon skeletons and skulls for visitors at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
An aerial view shows the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
