Move over, Lionel Messi – China’s humanoid robots are rewriting the rules of football! ⚽ The Beijing Smart E-sports Event Center just hosted a groundbreaking 3v3 AI football match, marking China’s latest leap in humanoid robotics. This wasn’t your average robot battle: these 1.2-1.5m tall athletes used pure AI brainpower to strategize, tackle, and even pick themselves up after epic dives. Talk about #Goals!
Game On: AI Takes the Field
Forget joysticks – these bots relied on real-time decision-making and self-recovery tech to mimic human gameplay. The optimized penalty system kept the action flowing, with robots executing coordinated attacks that’d make Premier League coaches jealous. 🏃♂️💨
University Showdown
Four elite teams dominated the finals:
- 🏆 Beijing InfoSci Tech’s Blaze Team: Masters of Matrix-style evasion moves
- 🧠 Tsinghua’s Power Intelligent Team: Precision passing like robotic Xavi
- 🌱 China Agricultural’s Mountain-Sea Team: Energy-efficient endurance champs
This follows April’s world-first humanoid robot half-marathon, where bots conquered 21km – proving China’s bots can sprint and marathon!
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Robotic football kicks off China's leap in humanoid robot innovation
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