Overview

• Four university squads competed in Beijing’s inaugural fully autonomous 3-on-3 robot football matches on June 28 as a precursor to the World Humanoid Robot Games
• All participating humanoid robots ran on AI-driven algorithms without human control, deploying real-time perception and decision-making
• Booster Robotics supplied standardized T1 platforms, and each university team embedded bespoke algorithms for vision, movement and strategic play
• Tsinghua University’s THU Robotics edged China Agricultural University’s Mountain Sea 5–3 in the final to secure the championship
• Organizers noted significant progress in integrated hardware and software systems even as stability issues persist, underscoring safety priorities ahead of August’s global competition