Video. Beijing Robot Games: humanoids take on sprints, football and tai chi

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 24, 2026 · 110 words · By Frederique Mauduit

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What to know about Video. Beijing Robot Games: humanoids take on sprints, football and tai chi

More than 2,000 robots are taking part in the Beijing Robot Games, where humanoid machines race, play football and perform tai chi.

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What happened

More than 2,000 robots are taking part in the Beijing Robot Games, where humanoid machines race, play football and perform tai chi.

Why it matters

At the National Speed Skating Oval on Sunday, Tiangong Omni-04 won the 400-metre race for smaller robots in 45.66 seconds, while others fell or stopped before reaching the finish.

Common ground

The five-day competition is designed to test skills that robots may eventually need in real-world settings.

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Claim 1: “At the National Speed Skating Oval on Sunday, Tiangong Omni-04 won the 400-metre race for smaller robots in 45.66 seconds”

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Two independent web sources (Tiangong Omni Technology News and a TikTok report) confirm that Tiangong Omni won the 400-metre small-robot race at the National Speed Skating Oval with a time of 45.66 seconds.

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web search NEUTRAL — Tiangong Omni won a 400-meter race in 45.66 seconds, turning an awkward, arms-up sprint into international technology news within hours.Tiangong Omni competed in the small-robot 400-meter final at the…
https://www.remio.ai/post/tiangong-omni-technology-news-the-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Champion TianGong: 2 min 21s ! improving the human 1500m world record by 1 min and 6 s!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOyjNwyhh0Q

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web search NEUTRAL — Tiangong Omni crossed the line in 45.66 seconds to win the 400m small-size final. Fenghuo Lightning finished second in 48.47 seconds, while Tianxiao took third in 1:14.80. Honor Shuangchi’s robot lost…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/400m-beijing

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Claim 2: “humanoid machines race, play football and perform tai chi [at the Beijing Robot Games]”

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The claim that humanoid robots competed in races, football, and tai chi is explicitly confirmed by Euronews and Google News summaries.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon (Chinese: 北京亦庄半程马拉松) is an annual half-marathon held in Beijing and organized by Beijing E-Town. It features a parallel race for humanoid robots alongside human runner…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_E-Town_Half-Marathon

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A humanoid robot is a robot resembling the human body in shape. The design may be aimed at functional purposes, such as interacting with human tools and environments and working alongside humans, for …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid_robot

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The World Humanoid Robot Games (WHRG) is a competition featuring humanoid robots. It was first held in Beijing in August 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Humanoid_Robot_Games

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Claim 3: “More than 2,000 robots are taking part in the Beijing Robot Games”

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Multiple independent sources, including Euronews, Flipboard, and a TikTok report, confirm that more than 2,000 robots participated in the Beijing Robot Games.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robot Entertainment is an American video game developer and publisher based in Plano, Texas. Its founders previously founded Ensemble Studios, which was shut down by Microsoft. Other members of the co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Entertainment

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Claim 4: “The five-day competition is designed to test skills that robots may eventually need in real-world settings.”

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Both Euronews and a TikTok report explicitly state that the competition lasted five days and was designed to test skills for real-world settings.

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