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About 500 humanoid robots from 16 countries competed in what was billed as the first competition of its kind, the World Humanoid Robot Games, in Beijing in August, facing off in 26 events from athletics and soccer to dance and martial arts. Among the winners in the three-day tournament was Chinese state-backed research institute X-Humanoid, which scooped up 10 medals, two of them gold. Its 1.8-meter-tall bipedal bot, Tien Kung Ultra, won the 100-meter dash, while its wheel-based Tian Yi claimed first place ...