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 ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Beijing's second World Humanoid Robot Games, opening August 22, showcases a record 2,056 ...

Humanoid robots are getting pretty good at running; however, picking up beans with tweezers or opening a jar is another story. Several robots just beat human running records at the second annual World ...

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 ...

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 ...

BEIJING, August 24 - It’s been called the Robot Olympics. But unlike the human Olympics, Team China is collecting almost all the medals. Over the past decade, robotic competitions in China have ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...