2nd World Humanoid Robot Games opens in Beijing with 2,056 robots

第二届世界人形机器人运动会开幕：2056 台机器人齐聚"冰丝带"，666 支队伍竞技 51 赛项

The 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games opened tonight at Beijing's National Speed Skating Oval. 666 teams and 2,056 robots are competing—four times the robot count of the first edition. TianGong Ultra clocked 9.39s in the 100m heats, beating Usain Bolt's 9.58s human record, and cleared 2.88m in a standing high jump. Honor's 'Lightning' robot ran 400m in 41.95s, also faster than the human world record. Events expanded from 26 to 51, adding tug-of-war, table tennis, and dexterous-hand tasks. All competitive events are fully autonomous with no remote control. The post doesn't specify how many days the games run or whether there's a public stream.

Why it matters: The humanoid robot games are inherently newsworthy, and TianGong Ultra's 9.39s 100m is a concrete number. New events and the autonomy requirement add substance. Not scoring higher because the ITHome piece is more event recap than deep technical analysis — it reads like a news ...