Robot boxing, football and sprinting at World Humanoid Games

Robot boxing, football and sprinting at World Humanoid Games.

Key points

• The second-edition of the World Humanoid Games is under way in China.
• 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, Tai Chi and table tennis.

In practice, the second-edition of the World Humanoid Games is under way in China.

In practice, the competition, which kicked off on Saturday, 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, Tai Chi and table tennis. The BBC's China correspondent Stephen McDonell reports from the country's capital. 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, robot 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.