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A | 菲律宾这次派来闯黄岩岛的三架飞机，加起来的战斗力还不如中国一架武装直升机。

B | 但如果你觉得这是个笑话，那就上当了。

A Tien Kung robot (left) competes in the 400-meter race at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing on August 23, 2026 during the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games (WHRG). Photo: VCG

On the blue track inside the National Speed Skating Oval, robots chased each other in the 400-meter race. A sprinting Tien Kung robot was tripped by a rival robot lying on the track but did not fall. Instead, it adjusted its posture in seconds and continued toward the finish line with a result of 38.15 seconds, breaking human 400-meter race world record of 43.03 seconds, held by South African athlete Wayde van Niekerk.
This scene unfolded on Sunday, the first official competition day of the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games (WHRG). Later that evening, a humanoid robot named Lightning, developed by Honor Co., broke the long-standing human 1,500-meter world record of 3:26 set by Moroccan athlete Hicham El Guerrouj with a time of 2:30.22. Just one night earlier, during the opening ceremony's 100-meter sprint and high jump demonstrations, humanoid robots had already shattered records long held by human athletes Usain Bolt and Javier Sotomayor — merely an appetizer for the five-day sci-fi spectacle.
The Games have attracted 666 teams from 16 countries across six continents, up 138 percent from its inaugural edition. The number of participating robots quadrupled to 2,056, the Global Times learned from the organizing committee.
Yet the biggest change this year was not only the scale, but also the technological maturity. More teams have shifted from remote-controlled robots to fully autonomous systems. Chinese observers, after watching several events, said humanoid robots are no longer limited to simple demonstrations of walking or dancing. Increasingly, they are being tested in environments that demand speed, coordination, perception and decision-making.
From movement to intelligence

Behind the record-breaking performances are a series of technological upgrades. During the running events, Global Times reporters observed that robots were able to make subtle movements around their hip joints while walking, allowing them to maintain balance and produce movements closer to human biomechanics.
Guo Yijie, technical director of Tien Kung Ultra, said the improvement came from advances in hardware design.
"Robot joints have improved in torque and speed. As competitions demand higher power output, the reliability of the main control board, power board and high-power battery discharge capability have become increasingly important," Guo told the Global Times.
According to Guo, the same Tien Kung Ultra robot was used in both sprinting and jumping events. For running, the waist needs rotation to balance the inertia generated by leg movements. For jumping, the upper body requires pitching movement to help the robot achieve greater distance or height, Guo said, noting that these can all be achieved with only slight adjustments to the waist configuration were needed, and it highly demonstrated to the robot design's flexibility.
Besides the hardware upgrades, developments in robots' faster decision-making in "brains' is better showcased in football competitions.
The Booster T2 robot used by many domestic and overseas football teams has increased its onboard computing capability by 10 times compared with the previous generation. The time from recognizing the goal to deciding whether to pass or shoot has been reduced to around 100 milliseconds - faster than the time humans usually need to blink.
Cheng Hao, a technical representative from Boosters Robotics, said the improvement represents an "end-to-end" transformation in embodied intelligence.
"In the past, robots relied on separate steps: perception, planning, decision-making and execution. Each stage was disconnected. Now, with an end-to-end motion foundation model, visual input can directly generate joint control commands," Cheng said.
The newly introduced table tennis and tennis competitions are also testing another important capability: perception.
"Robots are moving from simply recognizing the three-dimensional position of a ball to understanding the movement information of opponents and more complex environments," said Li Yinghui, a postdoc researcher and the leader from the Hong Kong University team at the table tennis event. Such capabilities developed in sports scenarios could eventually be transferred to other scenarios in industries or daily life, Li said.
Beyond entertainment
Though clips from the robot competitions have made a buzz on social media, with some critics from Western media questioning why robots need to dance, play football or compete in athletics while arguing that these activities appear far from everyday needs.
Zhou Changjiu, Vice President of the RoboCup Federation and the Robotics Competition Association of the Asia-Pacific (RCAP), stressed robot sports are not designed for entertainment alone. "Robot competitions are testing the capabilities needed for humanoid robots to enter the real world," Zhou told the Global Times.
Different events evaluate different abilities. Sprinting tests speed, marathons examine battery endurance and energy management, while football provides a comprehensive test because of its dynamic and unpredictable nature, testing intelligence, manipulation, interaction, safety, cost and trust at the same time, Zhou said.
Unlike a single-task demonstration, football requires robots to cooperate. Players must understand their own roles, recognize teammates and opponents, and make collective decisions - a form of swarm intelligence that could become essential when robots work together in homes, factories and emergency rescue environments.
Entertainment, however, can generate business opportunities. Gu Jinghai, brand director of EYOU Robot Co, told the Global Times that the company sold 95,000 integrated joints in China in 2025 and expects sales to exceed 1 million units in 2026. Growth mainly comes from planetary joints used in entertainment robots, while harmonic joints for industrial robots are also expanding steadily, he said.
Jiao Jichao, an executive from UBTECH Robotics, said the criticism that "Chinese robots can only sing and dance" reflects only a temporary stage of development. "Performance and dancing are also real commercial demands, and their existence has value," Jiao said. "Beyond entertainment, Chinese robots are already demonstrating intelligent capabilities that support practical applications in manufacturing, and partnerships with companies including Huawei and Foxconn, where robots have already entered production lines in small-scale applications."
The Outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of China stated that the country will construct a comprehensive cultivation system for future industries including the embody intelligence as new economic growth drivers.
Zhou said the development of humanoid robots is not only about individual machines, but about building an entire ecosystem.
China's advantage lies in its complete supply chain, abundant application scenarios and manufacturing capabilities, while the fast growing industry still faces challenges such as the lack of unified standards.
Gu said the company has launched mass production of robotics joint under domestic standard of auto parts.
Robot competitions can help address these issues by creating common standards in areas such as competition rules, robot dimensions, communication systems, batteries and joint modules. "As applications expand, the cost of key robot components will continue to decline," Zhou said.
"Numbers are magic," Zhou said. "If producing one robot costs a huge amount because it is handmade, producing one million robots will completely change the cost structure."
For humanoid robots, the race taking place inside the Ice Ribbon may not ultimately be about who crosses the finish line first. It may be about whether these machines can learn to navigate the far more complicated race outside the stadium - the race into the real world.
。岛人机、C-208、PA-31T，全是些老旧的轻型螺旋桨飞机，别说打仗，连像样的自卫能力都没有。派这种杂牌机队来闯中国领空，看起来像一场闹剧，实则每一步都经过精心算计。它们闯的是中国的领空，真正想拉下水的，却是华盛顿。

C | 要理解菲方意图，得把时间线拉长。今年3月，菲律宾就曾派两架C-208侵入黄岩岛领空，被解放军警告驱离。7月，菲公务船多次闯入黄岩岛海域被驱离。8月1日，中国南部战区直接在黄岩岛领海领空组织海空联合演训，摆明了要强化管控。结果仅仅过了二十天，菲方就把挑衅从海面搬到了空中。这个节奏不是随机的，是一套经过设计的切香肠战术。每次前进一小步，试探中国反应底线。中方反应温和，下一步就再往前蹭一点；中方反应激烈，菲方就立刻摆出受害者姿态，向国际社会哭诉中国威胁。

D | 而选择小型飞机而非军用战机，更是精心算计。派战斗机闯领空，那是赤裸裸的军事挑衅，中国完全可以依法采取强硬措施，国际社会也无话可说。但派民用改装的小型飞机进来，性质就模糊了。菲方可以辩称这是巡逻、搜救、民用飞行，把军事入侵包装成低烈度的灰色行动。

E | 这种飞机飞得慢、目标小，真要采取强硬手段，舆论上反而容易被倒打一耙，说中国以大欺小、过度反应。菲方赌的就是中国在这种灰色地带面前投鼠忌器，既不能真打，又不能不拦，只能反复喊话驱离，而菲方则借此制造我经常来的既成事实。更值得警惕的是，每一次挑衅都在为美国介入积累素材。菲律宾很清楚，单凭自己的力量，在南海占不到任何便宜。它唯一的筹码，就是把美国拖进来。所以每次黄岩岛出事，菲方第一时间不是和中国交涉，而是向华盛顿汇报，邀请美国军舰来自由航行，拉着日本、澳大利亚搞联合巡逻。

F | 8月中旬，菲海岸警卫队发言人甚至抛出所谓铁三角理论，声称黄岩岛是中国南海战略的最后一块拼图，一旦军事化全球航运都得遭殃。这话根本不是说给中国听的，是说给美国国会和五角大楼听的，目的就是要美国加大对菲军事援助和南海介入力度。黄岩岛的战略价值，决定了它注定是博弈焦点。作为中沙群岛唯一常年出水的岛礁，它东距菲律宾吕宋岛仅两百多公里，直面美军苏比克湾基地，扼守巴士海峡进出南海的国际航道。谁控制了黄岩岛，谁就掌握了南海东北部的主动权。对中国而言，黄岩岛与西沙永兴岛、南沙美济礁遥相呼应，一旦完成必要设施建设，就能形成覆盖南海主要航道的战略三角。这也是菲律宾和美国都急着在黄岩岛制造事端的原因，它们要在中国完成布局之前，尽可能把水搅浑。南部战区这次的回应，措辞和行动都值得细品。

G | 发言人用的是跟踪监视、喊话警告，没有升级到更激烈的手段，但同时明确强调正告菲方立即停止侵权挑衅，并表示时刻保持高度戒备。这是一种有节制的强硬，既守住了主权底线，又没有给对方制造升级借口的机会。但克制不等于纵容，8月1日的联合演训已经释放了明确信号，中国在黄岩岛的管控只会加强，不会削弱。菲律宾应该明白一个道理，靠三架老旧飞机刷存在感，改变不了黄岩岛是中国领土的事实，也换不来真正的安全。