World's first humanoid robot free combat league kicks off in Shenzhen, highlighting China’s tech advances

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World's first humanoid robot free combat league kicks off in Shenzhen, highlighting China’s tech advances

The world's first humanoid robot free combat league kicked off on Monday in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong Province, for the 2026 season, with the winner to be awarded a gold championship belt worth 10 million yuan ($1.44 million), the Global Times learned from the event’s organizer.

World Robot Contest Jiangsu qualifier kicks off in Yangzhou

The 2026 World Robot Contest Trials (WRCT) Jiangsu provincial qualifier kicked off at Hanjiang High School in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, on Friday.