"The Chinese vehicles in the article were robotic. The electronics did the docking, not a pilot." The Kosmos 186 and Kosmos 188 docking, achieved by the USSR i

"The Chinese vehicles in the article were robotic. The electronics did the docking, not a pilot." The Kosmos 186 and Kosmos 188 docking, achieved by the USSR in 1967, was unmanned and completely automated.