The 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing featured 280 teams from 16 countries competing in various athletic events. While some sought competition, many teams showcased their robot designs and tested their capabilities. The leading competitor, Unitree, secured four gold medals during the event. Olympic boxer Li Yang attended and remarked that coaching robots is easier than coaching humans. The games attract interest in robotic competitions alongside other events, such as the World Robot Olympiad, scheduled for November in Singapore.
Most teams took this event as an opportunity to showcase the abilities of their designs, while also stress-testing their robots in a competitive environment.
The big winner of the competition was the robotics company Unitree, whose robots walked away with four gold medals.
At least one Olympic athlete was present for the robots' competitions: boxer Li Yang, who told CNBC that 'robots are easier to coach' than their human counterparts.
If we now have a regular Olympics, a version of the Olympics for robots and a version of the Olympics where performance-enhancing drugs are legal, how long before the 'enhanced' humans face off against the robots?
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