Robots compete in boxing, football and sprinting at World Humanoid Games

Robots compete in boxing, football and sprinting at World Humanoid Games.

Key points

• The second edition of the World Humanoid Games kicked off in China on Saturday.
• The competition will run for five days and has already included a robot running faster than Usain Bolt's 100m sprint world record.
• Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.
• Robots have additionally been competing in events including boxing, high jump and table tennis.

Meanwhile, the second edition of the World Humanoid Games kicked off in China on Saturday.

For context, the competition will run for five days and has already included a robot running faster than Usain Bolt's 100m sprint world record.

Elsewhere at the event in Beijing, a robot performed Cristiano Ronaldo's iconic 'Siuuu' celebration on the football pitch and droids took part in synchronised marching at its opening ceremony.

Robots have additionally been competing in events including boxing, high jump and table tennis. You are now after Beijing.

Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage. You are now after Robotics.

For now, robots compete in boxing, football and sprinting at World Humanoid Games remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.