The five-day World Humanoid Robot Games combine events modelled on human sports with those designed to test the robots in simulated factories, restaurants, ​offices and in emergency situations.

C hina’s humanoid robots are sprinting ahead of their rivals—quite literally. On August 17th one of their number, called Superman, clocked up a running speed of 12.66 metres p

BEIJING, Aug 22 (Reuters) - It’s been called the Robot Olympics. But unlike the human Olympics, Team China is collecting almost all the medals. Over the past decade, robotic competitions in China have provided a window into the advances of a now-surging sector – and the importance of its success as a strategic industry singled out by President Xi Jinping.

During the World Robot Games, a bipedal robot lost control and crashed, sparking viral social media reactions.