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Collisions and collapses: how humanoids fared in their first football match

A robot is carried off the field during a game between AI-powered humanoids (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A robot is carried off the field during a game between AI-powered humanoids (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) (AP)
  • The first fully autonomous three-on-three humanoid football match, powered entirely by artificial intelligence, took place in Beijing as a preview for the upcoming World Humanoid Robot Games.
  • During the event, some robots collapsed and had to be stretchered off by humans, despite being designed to self-right, while others struggled with kicking and experienced slow-motion collisions.
  • China is using sports competitions, including football, boxing, and marathons, to accelerate the development of AI-powered humanoid robots.
  • Cheng Hao, CEO of Booster Robotics, stated that these sports events are ideal for testing and refining both algorithms and integrated hardware-software systems, emphasising the importance of safety for future human interaction.
  • Tsinghua University’s THU Robotics team secured the championship, defeating China Agricultural University’s Mountain Sea team with a final score of 5-3.
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