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  "id": 2968717,
  "title": "World Humanoid Robot Games: What The Event Is, Why It Matters, & Which Robots Are Winning",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/world-humanoid-robot-games-what-the-event-is-why-it-matters-which",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-24T06:34:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
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    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/world-humanoid-robot-games-what-the-event-is-why-it-matters-which-robots-are-winning"
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  "summary": "Beijing is currently hosting the second edition of the World Humanoid Robot Games (WHRG), an event being billed as the world's first Olympic-style sporting competition built exclusively for humanoid robots. Running from August 22 to 26 at the National Speed Skating Oval, the Games have drawn robots that are now completing sprints faster than Usain Bolt's world record - turning what began as a…",
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        "outlet": "France 24",
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        "published": "2026-08-23T11:45:17.000Z"
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        "title": "Humanoids break records at Beijing Robot Games",
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        "title": "Humanoid robots outpace human records at World Robot Games in Beijing",
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        "published": "2026-08-23T13:31:52.000Z"
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        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "WATCH: World Humanoid Robot Games open in Beijing",
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        "published": "2026-08-23T15:35:20.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "At Beijing's World Humanoid Robot Games, a robot made by Honor ran 100m in 9.39s, and another Chinese robot finished 400m in 38.16s, both beating human records (Telegraph)",
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        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Robot runs 100 meter in less than 10 sec; faster than any men's world record",
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        "published": "2026-08-24T03:21:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Thrills and spills at China's World Robot Games",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/thrills-and-spills-at-chinas-world-robot-games",
        "published": "2026-08-24T06:13:30.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Thrills and spills at China's World Robot Games",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/thrills-and-spills-at-chinas-world-robot-games-2961364",
        "published": "2026-08-24T06:13:30.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "VIDEO: Humanoid robot mimics Ronaldo’s iconic ‘siuuu’ celebration",
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        "published": "2026-08-24T09:32:16.000Z"
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