Overview

• The three-day competition ran August 15–17 at Beijing’s National Speed Skating Oval, a 2022 Winter Olympics venue.
• Events ranged from sprints, relays, long jump, gymnastics, soccer, boxing, and martial arts to simulated factory, pharmacy, and hotel tasks that tested dexterity and decision-making.
• Delegations from 16 countries participated, with more than 500 humanoids representing about 280 teams, including 192 university teams and 88 private companies.
• Organizers described the contests as a research testbed to evaluate locomotion, adaptability, coordination, and computer vision in dynamic settings.
• Crowds enjoyed the spectacle as robots frequently stumbled or fell, highlighting progress alongside limits in reliability, while analysts pointed to a long-term push backed by an NDRC venture fund and a Morgan Stanley forecast of a $5 trillion global market by 2050.