China is hosting the first World Humanoid Robot Games
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The games also provided a platform for global humanoid robotics researchers to exchange ideas, allowing engineers from various countries to get familiar with the latest robots and refine their algorithms.
In the soccer competition, over 10 international teams from countries including Brazil, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Australia, Italy, Thailand and Indonesia used T1 robots from Beijing-based Booster Robotics. In the 2025 RoboCup held in Brazil this July, two Chinese teams made history by using these T1 robots, sweeping both the champion and runner-up titles in the adult-size category.
According to Joao Victor, a soccer team member of RoboFEI from Brazil, it was the first time that he used Booster Robotics T1, and the robots were amazing. His team could talk with other teams from around the world and pick up new tactics from the competition.
Zhao Weichen said Booster Robotics has increased investment in operating systems and all-in-one development tools, making it easier for other users to do secondary development.
Thanks to the modular and readable design, developers can use the integrated development tools to quickly migrate algorithms across different robot brands. For example, at the 2025 RoboCup in Brazil, a German team rapidly deployed their original robot's algorithms onto Booster Robotics K1 and ultimately won the championship in the small-size category, Zhao added.
According to Zhou, the games served as both a platform and a showcase, demonstrating to the world China's advantages in the humanoid robotics sector from the industrial chain and robot hardware to a large user base. It also showed the global developers that by cooperating with China, they can integrate the country's top-tier hardware with their own algorithms to solve diverse challenges.
"I'm truly excited that China is hosting the first World Humanoid Robot Games. It's making history. A decade or two from now, we'll look back and recognize this as the birth of the robot Olympics. Just as the Olympic Games originated in Ancient Greece, future generations will see Beijing as the birthplace of the modern robot Olympics," he said. Enditem
(Interns Huang Rongrong, Zhang Yiyi, Xiong Run and Dai Ruoxuan also contributed to the story.)