BEIJING -- The world's first comprehensive sports competition featuring humanoid robotics -- the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games -- will be held in Beijing from August 15 to 17, the Beijing municipal government announced on Wednesday.

The games are set to take place at two of the city's most iconic venues -- the National Stadium, also known as the "Bird's Nest," and the National Speed Skating Oval, the venue for speed skating of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
The main events are divided into three major categories -- competitions, performances, and scenario-based challenges covering 19 events.
In the competition category, robots will compete in traditional athletic events, such as track and field races (100m, 400m, 1500m, 4x100m relay, 100m hurdles, long jump, and high jump), gymnastics and various formats of soccer.
Robots will also participate in performances, including solo and group dances, with aims to showcase real-time coordinated control and collaborative capabilities through artistic choreography and musical accompaniment.
The scenario-based games will focus on real-world applications in industrial, hospital and hotel settings where robots are tasked to handle factory material, sort medicines, perform hotel reception and cleaning services.
"The humanoid robot games aim to focally showcase and evaluate the latest advancements in robotics through diverse competition events and drive technological progress across multiple disciplines, including mechanical structure, artificial intelligence, large models, optics, sensing technology and materials science," said Jiang Guangzhi, director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology.
Speaking at the press conference marking the 100-day countdown to the games, Jiang said he has also invited developers from around the world to attend the unprecedented gathering.
The games will be co-hosted by the Beijing Municipal People's Government, China Media Group (CMG), the World Robot Cooperation Organization, and the International Council of RoboCup Asia-Pacific.