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On the blue track inside the National Speed Skating Oval, robots chased each other in the 400-meter race. A sprinting Tien Kung robot was tripped by a rival robot lying on the track but did not fall. Instead, it adjusted its posture in seconds and continued toward the finish line with a result of 38.15 seconds, breaking human 400-meter race world record of 43.03 seconds, held by South African athlete Wayde van Niekerk. 
This scene unfolded on Sunday, the first official competition day of the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games (WHRG). Later that evening, a humanoid robot named Lightning, developed by Honor Co., broke the long-standing human 1,500-meter world record of 3:26 set by Moroccan athlete Hicham El Guerrouj with a time of 2:30.22. Just one night earlier, during the opening ceremony's 100-meter sprint and high jump demonstrations, humanoid robots had already shattered records long held by human athletes Usain Bolt and Javier Sotomayor — merely an appetizer for the five-day sci-fi spectacle.
The Games have attracted 666 teams from 16 countries across six continents, up 138 percent from its inaugural edition. The number of participating robots quadrupled to 2,056, the Global Times learned from the organizing committee.
Yet the biggest change this year was not only the scale, but also the technological maturity. More teams have shifted from remote-controlled robots to fully autonomous systems. Chinese observers, after watching several events, said humanoid robots are no longer limited to simple demonstrations of walking or dancing. Increasingly, they are being tested in environments that demand speed, coordination, perception and decision-making.
From movement to intelligence

Behind the record-breaking performances are a series of technological upgrades. During the running events, Global Times reporters observed that robots were able to make subtle movements around their hip joints while walking, allowing them to maintain balance and produce movements closer to human biomechanics.
Guo Yijie, technical director of Tien Kung Ultra, said the improvement came from advances in hardware design.
"Robot joints have improved in torque and speed. As competitions demand higher power output, the reliability of the main control board, power board and high-power battery discharge capability have become increasingly important," Guo told the Global Times.
According to Guo, the same Tien Kung Ultra robot was used in both sprinting and jumping events. For running, the waist needs rotation to balance the inertia generated by leg movements. For jumping, the upper body requires pitching movement to help the robot achieve greater distance or height, Guo said, noting that these can all be achieved with only slight adjustments to the waist configuration were needed, and it highly demonstrated to the robot design's flexibility.
Besides the hardware upgrades, developments in robots' faster decision-making in "brains' is better showcased in football competitions.
The Booster T2 robot used by many domestic and overseas football teams has increased its onboard computing capability by 10 times compared with the previous generation. The time from recognizing the goal to deciding whether to pass or shoot has been reduced to around 100 milliseconds - faster than the time humans usually need to blink.
Cheng Hao, a technical representative from Boosters Robotics, said the improvement represents an "end-to-end" transformation in embodied intelligence.
"In the past, robots relied on separate steps: perception, planning, decision-making and execution. Each stage was disconnected. Now, with an end-to-end motion foundation model, visual input can directly generate joint control commands," Cheng said.
The newly introduced table tennis and tennis competitions are also testing another important capability: perception.
"Robots are moving from simply recognizing the three-dimensional position of a ball to understanding the movement information of opponents and more complex environments," said Li Yinghui, a postdoc researcher and the leader from the Hong Kong University team at the table tennis event. Such capabilities developed in sports scenarios could eventually be transferred to other scenarios in industries or daily life, Li said. 
Beyond entertainment
Though clips from the robot competitions have made a buzz on social media, with some critics from Western media questioning why robots need to dance, play football or compete in athletics while arguing that these activities appear far from everyday needs.
Zhou Changjiu, Vice President of the RoboCup Federation and the Robotics Competition Association of the Asia-Pacific (RCAP), stressed robot sports are not designed for entertainment alone. "Robot competitions are testing the capabilities needed for humanoid robots to enter the real world," Zhou told the Global Times.
Different events evaluate different abilities. Sprinting tests speed, marathons examine battery endurance and energy management, while football provides a comprehensive test because of its dynamic and unpredictable nature, testing intelligence, manipulation, interaction, safety, cost and trust at the same time, Zhou said.
Unlike a single-task demonstration, football requires robots to cooperate. Players must understand their own roles, recognize teammates and opponents, and make collective decisions - a form of swarm intelligence that could become essential when robots work together in homes, factories and emergency rescue environments.
Entertainment, however, can generate business opportunities. Gu Jinghai, brand director of EYOU Robot Co, told the Global Times that the company sold 95,000 integrated joints in China in 2025 and expects sales to exceed 1 million units in 2026. Growth mainly comes from planetary joints used in entertainment robots, while harmonic joints for industrial robots are also expanding steadily, he said. 
Jiao Jichao, an executive from UBTECH Robotics, said the criticism that "Chinese robots can only sing and dance" reflects only a temporary stage of development. "Performance and dancing are also real commercial demands, and their existence has value," Jiao said. "Beyond entertainment, Chinese robots are already demonstrating intelligent capabilities that support practical applications in manufacturing, and partnerships with companies including Huawei and Foxconn, where robots have already entered production lines in small-scale applications."
The Outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of China stated that the country will construct a comprehensive cultivation system for future industries including the embody intelligence as new economic growth drivers.
Zhou said the development of humanoid robots is not only about individual machines, but about building an entire ecosystem.
China's advantage lies in its complete supply chain, abundant application scenarios and manufacturing capabilities, while the fast growing industry still faces challenges such as the lack of unified standards.
Gu said the company has launched mass production of robotics joint under domestic standard of auto parts. 
Robot competitions can help address these issues by creating common standards in areas such as competition rules, robot dimensions, communication systems, batteries and joint modules. "As applications expand, the cost of key robot components will continue to decline," Zhou said. 
"Numbers are magic," Zhou said. "If producing one robot costs a huge amount because it is handmade, producing one million robots will completely change the cost structure."
For humanoid robots, the race taking place inside the Ice Ribbon may not ultimately be about who crosses the finish line first. It may be about whether these machines can learn to navigate the far more complicated race outside the stadium - the race into the real world.
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二 |           　　近日，一段“电动车飞上天”的视频在社交平台引发热议。视频中，知名科技创意博主范十三继“御剑飞行”之后，再次将“飞天电动车”的想象搬进现实——他以雅迪×绝区零联名款电动车为基础，亲手设计并实装出一台可飞行的智能座驾。视频一经上线便迅速引爆社交平台，引发网友广泛热议，“中国人能飞” 这一网络热梗也再度刷屏出圈。      　　从"御剑飞行"到"电动车上天"，青年发明家把想象变成现实      　　作为全网粉丝超千万的“赛博剑客”，范十三曾用一年半时间“手搓”出全长4.6米、重约100公斤的载人飞剑，将“万剑归宗”“御剑飞行”从电影特效变为现实场景。人民日报、央视新闻等权威媒体多次关注这位青年创客，认为在AI与新能源技术日趋成熟的当下，年轻人的动手创造正为“手搓经济”注入新动能。      　　这一次，范十三把目光转向了雅迪与《绝区零》的联名款电动车。他以这款车型为改造基底，将游戏中的“御剑飞行”概念移植到现实交通工具上。视频完整记录了从结构设计、动力改造到实地试飞的全过程：田野上空，雅迪电动车缓缓升起，范十三在飞行器上完成悬停与转向动作，仿佛一辆来自未来的浮空座驾驶入现实，凌空飞行之间，科技感与未来感跃然眼前。

三 |      　　视频一发布，网友的热情便被瞬间点燃。“中国电动车先飞了”“电摩驾照还没考完，又要考飞行证了”“陆空两用技能，地上跑也能在天上飞”——一系列神评论迅速刷屏各大平台。更有玩家将视频与《绝区零》3.0版本新开放的浮空岛主城“罗斯凯利法”的电动车飞行器联系起来，直呼“绳匠这下在现实都能飞上天了”。这股跨圈层的UGC传播热潮，让“中国电动车能飞”迅速成为又一个出圈热梗。

四 |      　　从“中国智造”到“中国飞造”：一辆电动车的科技想象力      　　如果说范十三的想象力是一场“民间发明”的浪漫实验，那么雅迪产品自身的智能化与科技含量，则是这场实验能够“起飞”的底气所在。     　　作为雅迪与米哈游《绝区零》的重磅联名力作，雅迪冠能白鲨Ⅱ艾莲款从内到外都浸润着浓厚的游戏基因。范十三选中它，原因并不复杂——飞行实验对载重和稳定性极为苛刻，而这款车搭载的北极光钠电不仅重量更轻，电能供给也更安全、更稳定，恰好满足了离地飞行的硬性要求。更重要的是，雅迪一贯扎实的做工与车架刚性，为反复试飞提供了足够可靠的品质保障。      　　不止于硬件实力，这款车在智能交互上的表现同样让范十三觉得“对味”：车机搭载的Smart智慧屏，开机瞬间即进入专属联名界面，Fairy助手与游戏主题UI无缝衔接，玩家坐上车的刹那便“开机即上号”。这种从内到外的科技感，让飞行这件事听起来不再是天方夜谭——联名款本身就自带智慧屏、游戏界面等未来感配置，与“电动车飞天”的场景天然搭。      　　雅迪冠能白鲨Ⅱ艾莲款，不仅成为玩家心中的“绳匠专属座驾”，也为范十三的“飞行世界”铺就了恰如其分的叙事土壤。当游戏里的浮空岛遇上现实中的“飞天痛车”，飞行便成了少年与科技共同编织的、可触可感的现实。正如业内人士所言：“民间发明家的想象力需要一个落地的载体，而雅迪的智能化水平与制造工艺，恰恰成了这次‘试飞成功’的隐形底座。”      　　从“中国制造+科技想象+青年创新”的视角审视，范十三凭借开源技术与动手能力完成了一次“民间发明”;而雅迪在产品端的智能化探索与技术积累，正是其能够“飞起来”的现实根基。从“中国制造”到“中国创造”，再到“中国飞造”——一辆电动车的“上天”，折射出的是中国品牌与中国青年创新精神的双向奔赴与共同成就。【广告】免责声明：本内容为广告，相关素材由广告主提供，本文仅代表作者个人观点，与本网无关。

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