China Held A Football Match For AI Robots But They Still Have A Long Way To Go
People online compared the match to watching “a group of 90-year-old men playing soccer,” With others saying, “The stretcher was the busiest on the field.
China recently hosted its first-ever 3-on-3 football match for AI robots, but it didn't go as expectedOn June 28, four teams of Chinese AI robots faced off in the 2025 RoBoLeague football tournament in Beijing.
The 1.5 meter tall robots tried everything from offense and defense to strategy and positioning and even refereeing, with a lot of tripping and falling.
Most managed to get back on their feet on their own, but some “injuries” were too severe, and the robots had to get taken off the pitch on stretchers.In the end, Tsinghua University's robots defeated China Agricultural University's robots and won the RoBoLeague championship title.
People online compared the match to watching “a group of 90-year-old men playing soccer,” With others saying, “The stretcher was the busiest on the field.
Organizers said they hope to develop human-versus-robot matches in the future.
The RoBoLeague follows another high-profile event: a robot half-marathon held in Beijing on April 19.
And in August, Beijing will host the World Humanoid Robot Games.
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