China has drawn global attention by introducing boxing and Mahjong humanoid robots at the annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2025 in Shanghai, highlighting the latest advancements ...

Humanoid robots grooved to hip-hop, sparred in martial arts, and even played guitar and drums on Thursday evening as Beijing opened the inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games. The three-day spectacle ...

Don’t forget to charge your athlete because the first World Humanoid Robot Games are underway in Beijing. More than 500 humanoid robots in 280 teams from 16 countries, including the U.S., Germany and ...

More than 500 humanoid robots and thousands of spectators traveled to Beijing over the weekend for a sporting event straight out of a science fiction film: the first-of-its-kind World Humanoid Robot ...

Humanoid robots are trading punches in an intense training camp ahead of a robot boxing competition set to take place in Hangzhou, east China, this Sunday. The event is part of a series of robot ...

A robot rehearses the 100m race before the opening ceremony of The World Humanoid Robot Games held in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) BEIJING (AFP) — The first World ...

In a world where human boxers are at risk of dangerous injuries, we may have a glimpse of what the fight of the future could look like. New footage shows the world's first humanoid robot boxing ...

It sounds like an event from the latest science fiction blockbuster. But the world's first robot Olympics have officially kicked off in China this week. The three–day event, called the World Humanoid ...

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