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Humanoid robots face off in Beijing’s first high school football final

Video. Humanoid robots face off in Beijing’s first high school football final

Updated: 27/05/2026 - 7:00 GMT+2

44 school teams competed over six weeks in China’s first high school humanoid robot football competition. The robots played fully autonomously, using student-written code to pass, defend and shoot without remote control.

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