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 ...

Robots compete at the World Humanoid Robot Games in China, which showcased 280 teams from 16 nations.

The World Humanoid Robot Games came to a close on Sunday (August 17) in China's capital Beijing, after three days of sporting ...

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

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 ...