{"id":23769,"date":"2026-08-21T14:35:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/21\/robots-running-into-walls-go-viral-ahead-of-2026-world-humanoid-robot-games\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T14:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:35:02","slug":"robots-running-into-walls-go-viral-ahead-of-2026-world-humanoid-robot-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/21\/robots-running-into-walls-go-viral-ahead-of-2026-world-humanoid-robot-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Robots running into walls go viral ahead of 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whrgoc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">World Humanoid Robot Games<\/a> will kick off this weekend in Beijing, China, gathering tech companies and university groups from around the world to test their robots across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whrgoc.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">50 events<\/a>. As such, entrants have been running last-minute tests in preparation for the competition, showcasing some impressive feats \u2014 and amusing failures.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s inaugural Games <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/humanoid-robot-sports-event-china\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">featured over 500 robots from 280 teams<\/a>, competing in 26 events. These not only included sports such as floor gymnastics and soccer, but also competitions designed to test the robots&#8217; capabilities when working in hotel, factory, and hospital scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>The Games have grown considerably this year, involving <a href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/video\/2026-08\/20\/content_118657061.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">2056 robots presented by 666 teams from across 16 countries.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/world-humanoid-robot-games-2026-running-fall-accident\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second World Humanoid Robot Games will kick off this weekend in Beijing, China, gathering tech companies and university groups from around the world to test their robots across 50 events. As such, entrants have been running last-minute tests in preparation for the competition, showcasing some impressive feats \u2014 and amusing failures. Last year&#8217;s inaugural<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":23770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-23769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tech","tag-mixtv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}