China: World Humanoid Robot Games to see 2,056 machines competing for top prize
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Six hundred sixty-six teams. Two thousand fifty-six robots. Welcome to the future.
Beijing is gearing up for the second World Humanoid Robot Games, running August 22 through 26, and the scale is staggering. Robot participation has quadrupled from last year, with 16 countries across six continents sending mechanical competitors to face off in 51 events.
New this year: weightlifting, tug-of-war, long jump, and table tennis. There's also a "Dexterous Hand Challenge," testing robots on tasks like nail driving, bottle opening, and tweezer pick-up.
The rules have gotten tougher, too. Race time limits have been dramatically cut, and autonomous performance is rewarded over remote control.
China dominates the field with nearly 2,000 robots entered, but the US, Germany, Japan, and Brazil are all competing. Brazil is sending a five-member squad of Robot World Cup champions.
The robot dance competition, meanwhile, has exploded from 29 teams to 108. Apparently, robots have moves.
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