Competition calendar
Competition records combine organizer-defined editions with structured result files. Announced next editions are separated from historical dates, and unknown dates remain unpublished rather than estimated.
Last updated Oct 8, 2026
recurring
The World Humanoid Robot Games is a recurring multi-event competition in Beijing spanning robot sports and real-world application scenarios. The inaugural 2025 edition had 280 teams and 26 events. The second edition ran 22–26 August 2026 with 666 teams, 2,056 robots and 51 events, including 21 scenario-based events.
recurring
The RoboCup Humanoid League runs autonomous humanoid robot soccer as part of the annual RoboCup championship. Teams field their own humanoid platforms, and matches are played without human intervention. Historically the league was organized into KidSize and AdultSize classes. For 2026 it was reorganized as the Humanoid Soccer League, formed by merging the Humanoid League and the Standard Platform League, with Small, Middle and Large divisions.
recurring
A 21.0975 km half marathon in Beijing's Yizhuang (E-Town) area in which humanoid robots run on a parallel course beside human runners. It is organized by Beijing E-Town and held annually. The first edition took place on 19 April 2025 and the second on 19 April 2026.
active
URKL (Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend) is a humanoid robot fighting league organized by Shenzhen EngineAI Robotics. Its inaugural season began on 9 February 2026 in Shenzhen and runs through December 2026. The championship belt is described as a 10 kg gold belt valued at about RMB 10 million (about USD 1.44 million).
recurring
ROBO-ONE is a Japanese tournament for bipedal combat robots, organized by the Biped Robot Association and sponsored by MISUMI. The 44th edition was held on 20–21 September 2025 at the Kanagawa Prefectural Youth Center, and the defending champion KOBIS retained its title.
completed
RoBoLeague is a Beijing robot football tournament in which teams field humanoid robots that play fully autonomous, AI-driven 3-on-3 matches. The inaugural 2025 final was won by a Tsinghua University team, which beat China Agricultural University's Mountain-Sea 5–3. No later edition had been found as of 2026-10-08.
completed
The CMG World Robot Competition – Mecha Fighting Series is a humanoid robot combat tournament organized by China Media Group, with Unitree Robotics as partner. The first edition was held in Hangzhou on 25 May 2025, with four operator teams controlling Unitree G1 humanoids in boxing-style matches.
completed
The DARPA Robotics Challenge was a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency prize competition (2012–2015) for semi-autonomous ground robots performing disaster-response tasks in dangerous, degraded, human-engineered environments. The Trials were held in Florida in December 2013 and the Finals at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, on 5–6 June 2015. It is a historical reference.