Beijing will host the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Sports Games from August 15 to 17, which will be another sports event for humanoid robots following world's first humanoid robot half-marathon held in April, officials from the Beijing municipal government said on Wednesday.
The games will be held at the two Olympic landmarks in the Chinese capital - the National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, and the National Speed Skating Oval, also known as the Ice Ribbon. Local professional sports associations and athletes together with robotics experts jointly finalized the competition events and rules, the China Central Television reported.
The games will feature 11 human sport events for humanoid robots, including track and field, gymnastics and football, among other performance and application competitions. The event aims to showcase current development progress of robotics and future direction by referencing human sport events, said Zhang Hua, an official from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports, during a press conference. ...
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