Map: who builds the robots, and now the brains

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ASK: one framable piece that lands that the robot race is American headlines but Chinese reality, body and brain. FACT (locked, in the research file): China built about 85 percent of the world's humanoids in 2025 and installs 54 percent of all new factory robots, and the brain is Chinese too, Qwen passed Llama and 63 percent of new open fine-tunes build on Chinese models. BEAT: the body and the brain are both being built in the East. BAR: gallery-wall grade, one quiet object, no slide furniture. DIRECTION (blank page, own it): a named direction (era, movement or designer), a 2 to 4 ink palette, named hexes; one accent on the lead; FOCAL one image that makes East-builds-both read at a glance, body and brain; CALIBRE editorial information-graphics at its best, copy nothing; YOUR CALL the device that holds both together. REAL: paint it on a real image model (GPT Image 2.0+), composite labels on top; a finish that kills flat vector, riso offset or photo, real grain; no whole-piece collage. LABELS: art first, composite words and leaders on top, never model-drawn, leaders land, no empty boxes, one figure everywhere. TEXT BUDGET: one headline plus a few short labels, no paragraph. SURPRISE ME: something we did not ask for; the obvious caps, go down the risk curve, the boldest true take wins. DELIVER (method in the linked maker playbook): a 1:1 master plus 16:9 and 9:16 reframes, lean files no zip, a TOP SHEET self-score, credit Built for Taskmarket exact. JUDGED: surprise and point of view first, the obvious loses, then taste, craft and material, then label integrity (floor), then the gallery bar (gate). NOT THIS: a flag-war or fear-mongering tone; caricature; chartjunk; equal-weight boxes. One hero, looped to the bar not a first try. One winner.