{"id":34547,"date":"2025-08-18T08:33:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T08:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=34547"},"modified":"2025-08-18T19:24:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T19:24:37","slug":"at-chinas-humanoid-robot-games-athletes-fell-down-a-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=34547","title":{"rendered":"At China\u2019s Humanoid Robot Games, Athletes Fell Down a Lot"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing \u2014 featuring running, kickboxing and soccer \u2014 highlighted advancements in robotics. Limitations, too.<\/p>\n

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China Hosts Sports Competition for Humanoid Robots<\/span><\/p>\n

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Humanoid robots competed in a sports competition in Beijing where they ran, kicked and punched \u2014 as well as crashed and fell over many times.<\/span>Mahesh Kumar A.\/Associated Press<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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There\u2019s a very real concern that robots could eventually make some of our jobs obsolete. But at a robot-only sports competition in China over the weekend, the immediate concern was that they would fall over or crash into each other.<\/p>\n

The Humanoid Robot Games<\/a>, a three-day event in Beijing that ended on Sunday, featured more than 280 teams from universities and private companies in 16 countries. Some robots landed back flips and successfully navigated obstacle courses<\/a> and rough terrain.<\/p>\n

In other cases, the robots\u2019 athletic ability left, well, something to be desired.<\/p>\n

During soccer matches, child-size ones tripped over each other, falling down like dominoes. One goalkeeper robot stood placidly as its opponent kicked a ball at its legs several times before finally managing to score.<\/p>\n

One robot by China\u2019s Unitree Robotics plowed<\/a> into a human staff member while sprinting during a track event, knocking him down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In kickboxing matches, robots wearing colorful gloves and head gear struggled to land punches<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, the hit rate is a little low,\u201d a commentator said in the event\u2019s official livestream. \u201cThey\u2019re punching the air.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a few minutes of flailing jabs and kicks, the referee declared one robot the winner. It raised its gloved hands and pumped them in the air to the sound of spectators applauding, while its opponent laid down in an apparent show of defeat.<\/p>\n

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The Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing \u2014 featuring running, kickboxing and soccer \u2014 highlighted advancements in robotics. Limitations, too.China Hosts Sports Competition for Humanoid Robots1:00Humanoid robots competed in a sports competition in Beijing where they ran, kicked and punched \u2014 as well as crashed and fell over many times.Mahesh Kumar A.\/Associated PressThere\u2019s a very real concern that robots could eventually make some of our jobs obsolete. But at a robot-only sports competition in China over the weekend, the immediate concern was that they would fall over or crash into each other.The Humanoid Robot Games, a three-day event in Beijing that ended on Sunday, featured more than 280 teams from universities and private companies in 16 countries. Some robots landed back flips and successfully navigated obstacle courses and rough terrain.In other cases, the robots\u2019 athletic ability left, well, something to be desired.During soccer matches, child-size ones tripped over each other, falling down like dominoes. One goalkeeper robot stood placidly as its opponent kicked a ball at its legs several times before finally managing to score.One robot by China\u2019s Unitree Robotics plowed into a human staff member while sprinting during a track event, knocking him down.In kickboxing matches, robots wearing colorful gloves and head gear struggled to land punches.\u201cTo be honest, the hit rate is a little low,\u201d a commentator said in the event\u2019s official livestream. \u201cThey\u2019re punching the air.\u201dAfter a few minutes of flailing jabs and kicks, the referee declared one robot the winner. It raised its gloved hands and pumped them in the air to the sound of spectators applauding, while its opponent laid down in an apparent show of defeat.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34549,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34547"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34550,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34547\/revisions\/34550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}