(Source: Shanghai Securities News, March 4, 2025)
The first time in the world! Humanoid robots will register together with humans, start the race together, and run along the same route.
A reporter from Shanghai Securities News learned from the Beijing Municipal Government’s press conference on March 4 that the 2025 Beijing Yizhuang Half Marathon and Humanoid Robot Half Marathon will be held on April 13.It is reported that this is the world's first humanoid robot half-marathon, and the theme of the event is "Leading the Future with Horses".
In-depth integration of robotics technology and sports competition
Robot football, robot dance... In recent years, robot participation in sports events has gradually become an emerging cultural phenomenon.
At the 2024 Beijing Yizhuang Half Marathon, the humanoid robot "Tiangong" successfully transformed into the "Close Rabbit" and crossed the finish line with the runners, attracting everyone's attention. Compared with last year, the 2025 Beijing Yizhuang Half Marathon has been officially upgraded to a Chinese Athletics Association A1 event, with the event size increased to 12,000 people and meeting the relevant standards of the Chinese Athletics Association in many core competition organization tasks.
This competition has clear requirements for the qualifications of robots. The participating robots should have a humanoid appearance and be able to achieve bipedal walking or running, rather than a wheeled structure. In terms of control methods, robots can either be manually controlled (including semi-autonomous) or fully autonomous. Participating teams must strictly abide by the rules of the competition and ensure that the robots do not cause damage to the track, other participating robots, and surrounding people.
The world’s first humanoid robot half-marathon means the deep integration of robotics technology and sports competition.Professor Qu Qixing, w88 casino of Information, w88 casinoIn an interview with a reporter from Shanghai Securities News, he said that this emerging competition is an innovative move that integrates technology display and industry, academia and research, and is also the inevitable result of the development of robotics technology entering a new stage.
In his view, from laboratory fixed-point testing to DAPRA challenge scenario expansion, to marathon systematic testing, humanoid robots are gradually transforming from single-body performance breakthroughs to comprehensive scene adaptability improvements.
Promoting vertical integration and upgrading of the industry chain
Li Quan, member of the Beijing Economic Development Zone Working Committee and deputy director of the Management Committee, said that the humanoid robot and the athletes will start the race at the same time at the starting point and jointly challenge the 21.0975-kilometer half-marathon course. In order to ensure the safety of humans and machines, the robot will have a separate track, and the whole process will be separated by iron horses or green belts.
In addition, the technical characteristics of humanoid robots have been fully considered in the rules setting of this competition. According to research and judgment, the closing time of the robot is set to about 3 hours and 30 minutes. During the competition, the robot's battery can be replaced, and the robot can also participate in the entire competition in the form of a relay by replacing the robot. Comprehensive evaluation will be based on the finishing time and the number of robot changes. Each time a robot is replaced, a 10-minute penalty will be imposed.
According to reports, the pre-race starting ceremony will be hosted by a robot, and after the race there will be a robot show and interactive experience activities. The event has a rich set of awards. In addition to the bonuses of 5,000 yuan, 4,000 yuan, and 3,000 yuan for the first, second, and third place respectively, there are also a series of awards such as the completion award, the best endurance award, the best popularity award, the best gait award, and the best form creativity award. It is particularly worth mentioning that this competition also prepared generous rewards for the humanoid robot research and development team.
Beijing Yizhuang held the world's first humanoid robot marathon, which had a profound impact on the development of the local and national humanoid robot industry at the industrial level.
Qu Qixing said that as a comprehensive event, the Humanoid Robot Marathon puts forward high requirements for various performance indicators of robots, which directly promotes the coordinated development of upstream and downstream enterprises such as sensors, chips, and algorithm service providers, and accelerates the vertical integration of the regional industrial chain. At the same time, the hosting of the event also promoted the cluster effect of technical standards and supporting services, providing strong support for the improvement and optimization of the industrial chain.
The reporter learned that this year’s humanoid robot half marathon will adopt the principle of “synchronous registration, same track, and starting at the same time” for robots and athletes. The registration period for the event is from 10:00 on March 5, 2025 to 17:00 on March 11, 2025.
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