Watch: Robots compete in boxing, football and sprinting at China's World Humanoid Games ...

In April 2026, a humanoid robot named Lightning finished a half-marathon in Beijing in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds — faster than every human in the race, and nearly 7 minutes ahead of the world ...

Athletic feats are impressive, but useful robots must be able to adapt, recover from mistakes and handle the unexpected.

SHANGHAI, June 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Humanoid robots are competing in penalty football games on the show floor of MWC26 Shanghai. Taking place across 24-25 June at the Shanghai New International ...

BEIJING--China kicked off a three-day long sports showcase for humanoid robots on Friday, looking to highlight progress in artificial intelligence and robotics with 280 teams from 16 countries ...

More than 2,000 humanoid robots from 16 countries are competing in the World Humanoid Robot Games 2026 in Beijing across 51 events.

While the world watched the World Cup, robots played their own version in Incheon. RoboCup 2026 ran from 30 June to 6 July in Songdo, drawing teams from dozens of countries. When the whistle blew, one ...

Think again, because the second Games are kicking off this weekend in Beijing. The Games do as they say on their brushed aluminium tin: they are a kind of Robot Olympics. A total of 2,056 robots will ...

As I am writing this, there are only ten days separating us from the start of the FIFA World Cup 2026 on the North American continent. With so little time left, everyone involved in this grandiose ...

The World Humanoid Robot Games debut a new format with robots tackling, passing, and shooting without human control, as more than 500 machines compete across 26 sports.