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Soccer is getting a high-tech upgrade in Beijing this weekend, and the players aren’t just fast — they’re fully robotic. The RoBoLeague World Robot Soccer League will host its final match in the city’s Yizhuang Development Zone on Saturday, where ...

BEIJING — Humanoid robots hip-hop danced, performed martial arts and played keyboard, guitar and drums at the opening ceremony of the first World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Thursday evening. The competition begins Friday with more than 500 ...

On August 14, 2025, Beijing hosted the inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games. Robots competed in track-and-field races, football matches, and other athletic events. The event showcased China's growing integration of robots into sports, service, and public life.

China has kicked off the first-ever Robot Olympics in Beijing, hosting the World Humanoid Robot Games. Competitors from around the globe are squaring off in events from martial arts to a 400-meter race, highlighting how robots could be used in everyday life.

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced it has partnered with JJ Abrams' Bad Robot Games to publish the developers first internally developed game. The game is an unannounced four-player, cooperative shooter directed by Left 4 Dead creator Mike Booth.

Robot athletes are going for the gold in Beijing, China, as the first ever World Humanoid Robot Games kicked off on Thursday. As reported by Reuters, the event, held within Beijing's National Speed Skating Oval, involves over 500 humanoid robots across 280 ...

The first World Humanoid Robot Games began Friday in Beijing. More than 500 humanoid robots in 280 teams from 16 countries, including the U.S., Germany and Japan, competing in sports including soccer, running and boxing, at the 12,000-seater National Speed ...

The stage play “After the Blast” has some interesting characters, but arguably the most intriguing is Arthur. He won’t astonish the audience with his stature, standing at 2-foot-4, but even with such a small frame, his presence is hard to miss.