The three-day event is held in Beijing and will include a variety of sports, with the robots being half the size of human adults

BEIJING: The world’s first-ever humanoid robot games began Friday in Beijing, with over 500 androids alternating between jerky tumbles and glimpses of real power as they compete…

More than 500 humanoid robots in 280 teams from 16 countries – including Japan, Germany and the US – were expected to compete in 26 sports.