A few humanoid robots have apparently encountered issues while preparing for the track events. Credit: Jia Tianyong / China News Service / VCG via Getty Images The second World Humanoid Robot Games ...

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BEIJING, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from China.org.cn on the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games: One lay flat on its back during the high jump; another "bumped and ran" after colliding ...

China kicked off the three-day long World Humanoid Robot Games on Friday, looking to showcase its advances in artificial intelligence and robotics with 280 teams from 16 countries. Robots competed in ...

The recently concluded Humanoid Robot Games, a three-day event in Beijing, brought together over 500 humanoid robots, built by 192 universities and 88 private companies, representing 280 teams from 16 ...

The second World Humanoid Robot Games will begin in Beijing on August 22, 2026, bringing a much larger field of robot competitors to China’s National Speed Skating Oval. The five-day event runs ...

The 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games are being held in Beijing this week, a competition that sees robots compete in track-and-field-style events. It’s created some head-turning results: Usain Bolt’s ...

If you’re anything like me, the World Humanoid Robot Games are a highlight of your sporting calendar. First, though, let’s marvel at some of the more dramatic happenings, which have been all over the ...

Engineers work at the robotics pilot testing and validation platform of Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics (X-Humanoid) in Beijing on March 20, 2026. ADEK BERRY/AFP via Getty Images The ...

Viral videos of the World Humanoid Robot Games show sprinting robots beating the human 100-meter record held by Usain Bolt—but also feature running robots crashing into barriers and falling down ...

280 teams from 16 countries compete in Beijing robot games Games provide data for practical robot applications, organisers say China invests billions in robotics amid tech competition with U.S BEIJING ...

The second World Humanoid Robot Games will kick off this weekend in Beijing, China, gathering tech companies and university groups from around the world to test their robots across 50 events. As such, ...