The world’s first Humanoid Robot Games will kick off in Beijing
By ForGeeks
From August 15 to 17, 2025, the first-ever global humanoid robot tournament is taking place in China’s capital city. With 280 teams from 16 countries competing, the venue for the games is the Ice Ribbon National Ice Skating Stadium, which hosted the 2022 Olympic speed skating competition.
At the same time, robots will be able to compete in the world’s first humanoid robot games.
Robots in sports and professions
Organizers have transformed the arena into a high-tech venue with areas for robot maintenance and charging. The competition includes 487 disciplines in 26 categories, from track and field races and 5×5 soccer to scenario-based tasks that simulate real-world work.
The competition includes 487 disciplines in 26 categories, ranging from track and field races and 5×5 soccer to scenario-based tasks that mimic real-world work.
- extended 2.1-meter treadmill for robot sprinters;
- soccer field for 5×5 matches;
- boxing ring;
- hotel and medical decorations for themed contests;
In the “hotel” task, the robot must find and dispose of trash; in the “hospital” task, it must sort medications and package them according to prescriptions. There are also tasks for sorting in warehouses and moving materials in manufacturing.
Participants can choose to work autonomously, where computer vision systems and decision-making algorithms play a key role, or body control using the event-optimized 5G-A network.
Organizers and participants
The games are co-hosted by the Beijing People’s Government, China Media Group, the World Robotics Cooperation Organization and the Asia-Pacific RoboCup Council.
The participants include leading Chinese companies Yushu Technology, Xinghaitu, Tiangong and Fourier, as well as Tsinghua University, Beijing University and Shanghai Transportation University. Overseas teams, including representatives from the US and Germany, are also participating. Some companies, such as Xinghaitu supported by Meituan, are providing universal models of the R1Pro and R1Lite humanoid robots to several teams at once.
