The games featured more than 500 humanoids on 280 teams from 16 countries, including the United States, Germany and Japan.

The first World Humanoid Robot Games began Friday in Beijing. More than 500 humanoid robots in 280 teams from 16 countries, ...

The first World Humanoid Robot Games began Friday in Beijing. More than 500 humanoid robots in 280 teams from 16 countries, ...

China kicked off the three-day long World Humanoid Robot Games on Friday, looking to showcase its advances in artificial ...

The inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games, running from Aug. 15-17, opened Friday with soccer, sprints, kickboxing and table ...

Over 500 robots competed in soccer, boxing, and running. In many cases, gravity was the real winner. This week, China’s ...

China has kicked off the first-ever Robot Olympics in Beijing, hosting the World Humanoid Robot Games. Competitors from ...

Hundreds of robots compete in 26 competitions at the first Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. The machines often stumble and ...

But the robots had other plans. During soccer matches, four mechanical players crashed into each other and collapsed in a ...

The games feature more than 500 robots competing in practical services along with sports such as soccer, running and boxing.

A video (top) features some of the robots in action on the first day. A running contest, for example, shows several of the bipedal-bots racing along a track at impressive speed, although one of the ...