No basketball. No volleyball, long jump, or steeplechase. Instead, the robot Olympics will have events that reflect how ...

The world's first-ever humanoid robot games began Friday in Beijing, with over 500 androids competing in events from the ...

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, ...

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 ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -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.

The games include traditional sports like athletics and basketball, as well as practical tasks such as medicine categorisation and cleaning. The world’s first-ever humanoid robot games began Friday in ...

China’s technological ambitions took center stage at the World Humanoid Robot Games, a three-day event that began on Friday in Beijing. This “Robot Olympics” brought together 280 teams from 16 ...

BEIJING — They aren’t the most graceful athletes, or the fastest. But they’re learning. From Friday to Sunday, human handlers from 16 countries put about 500 bipedal robots through various motions to ...

China’s World Humanoid Robot Games represent a spectacular collision of cutting-edge technology and competitive entertainment, where 280 teams from 16 countries gathered to push the boundaries of ...

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet.

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 ...