While China's men's football team hasn't generated much excitement in recent years, humanoid robot teams have won over fans in Beijing – based more on the artificial intelligence (AI) technology ...

While their movements remained a bit awkward, the robots displayed impressive target accuracy, surprising onlookers who ...

Booster humanoid robots play football during a media tour ahead of the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025.

Robots are invading the world of combat sports, as the world's first-ever robot MMA event was hosted in China. Donnie Yen of ...

Humanoid robots competed in a live penalty shootout at MWC26 Shanghai, showing progress and limits in embodied AI, balance, and autonomy.

In April, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a company that makes humanoid robots. There he floated an idea to fix the country’s woeful men’s soccer team. “Can we have robots join the team?” Xi was ...