Overview

• The RoBoLeague kicked off in Beijing on June 28 with the first fully autonomous 3-on-3 humanoid robot soccer match.
• Tsinghua University’s THU Robotics team defeated China Agricultural University’s Mountain Sea squad by a 5-3 scoreline.
• Robots operated without human intervention, relying on integrated AI systems and optical sensors to make real-time decisions and track the ball from up to 65 feet away.
• Organizers noted more than 90% ball-detection accuracy and compared robot movements to those of young children due to frequent falls.
• The league serves as a live testbed for China’s national push to accelerate humanoid robotics ahead of the World Humanoid Robot Sports Games in August and potential applications in warehousing, elder care and military use.