Humanoid robots danced hip-hop, performed martial arts and played keyboard, guitar and drums at the opening ceremony of the first World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Thursday evening. The competition begins Friday with more than 500 humanoid robots in 280 teams from 16 countries,

Robot athletes are going for the gold in Beijing, China, as the first ever World Humanoid Robot Games kicked off on Thursday.

Forget about the Olympics; a new era of robots competing against the world’s best robots has just begun in Beijing.Buckle up! The world's first-ever humanoid Robot Games 2025 are being held