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Tsinghua Robots Win Inaugural Fully Autonomous Robot Soccer Tournament

Beijing’s latest robot soccer tournament served as a sensor-driven stress test before China’s World Humanoid Robot Games in August.

Teams compete using the T1 robots from Booster Robotics during the inaugural RoBoLeague robot soccer competition held in Beijing, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Robots battling it out in the field at the inaugural RoBoLeague robot soccer competition held in Beijing, Saturday, June 28, 2025.
Teams using autonomous T1 robots from Booster Robotics compete in the inaugural RoBoLeague robot soccer competition held in Beijing, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Overview

  • Four university teams fielded AI-powered humanoid robots in three-on-three matches on June 28, with all play governed entirely by on-board algorithms and no human control.
  • Advanced visual sensors enabled ball detection and navigation while self-righting mechanisms worked most of the time, though several bots still needed stretchers after falling.
  • Booster Robotics supplied standardized T1 hardware platforms as each university’s research team integrated bespoke AI strategies for perception, decision-making and formations.
  • In the final, Tsinghua University’s THU Robotics overcame China Agricultural University’s Mountain Sea team by a 5-3 score to capture the championship.
  • The June showcase concludes a series of AI-robot sports trials and precedes the World Humanoid Robot Games set for August 15–17 in Beijing.