But even before this month, China has been turning to high-profile events to showcase its tech, including a robot half-marathon and dancing humanoid robots during its Lunar New Year’s Eve TV gala, watched by hundreds of millions of people, according to The New York Times.

Humanoid robots now have their own "Olympic Games." In quotes, naturally, as it's a competition not recognized by the Olympic organizing committee. Officially, it's the World Humanoid Robot

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.

About 500 robot athletes from 16 countries competed in Beijing as the United States and China race against each other to shape the future of AI.

Amid a lot of stumbles and scrums the human-like bots showcased some advanced abilities. And there could be a billion of them around by 2050.

Over 500 robots competed in soccer, boxing, and running. In many cases, gravity was the real winner. This week, China’s leading robotics minds gathered in Beijing for a hotly-anticipated, Olympics-style event dubbed the world’s first “ Humanoid Robot Games. ”

The World Humanoid Robot Games turned pratfalls into policy theater — showcasing just how far robots still have to go

The first robot Olympics has kicked off in China on Friday and brought together humanoid machines from 280 teams across 16 countries, including the US, Japan and Germany.

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,

Last week in Beijing, an event took place that could revolutionize sports history — or might just stand out as an interesting curiosity for technology enthusiasts. That event was the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games,