Humanoid Robot Marathon

The world's first humanoid robot half marathon will start running in Yizhuang, Beijing

The press conference held by the Beijing Municipal Government Information Office introduced that the Beijing Yizhuang Half Marathon and the world's first humanoid robot half marathon will be held simultaneously on April 13, 2025. At that time, humanoid robots will experience the natural and cultural landscape of Yizhuang, Beijing with athletes.



Beijing Yizhuang is the permanent venue for the World Robot Conference and has always been committed to promoting the development and innovation of the robotics industry. To further optimize the robot industry ecosystem, Beijing Yizhuang has focused on creating a matrix of robot "conferences + competitions + series of activities", forming a "high-end, high-frequency, and efficient" robot industry exchange highland.

This competition will invite humanoid robots from various innovative entities such as global robotics companies, research institutes, robotics clubs, and universities to participate, with the theme of "Leading the Future with Intelligence".

The robots participating in this competition are required to have a humanoid appearance, be able to walk or run on both feet, and cannot have a wheeled structure. In terms of control methods, it can be manual remote control (including semi autonomous) or fully autonomous control; The participating teams must ensure that the robots do not cause damage to the track, other participating robots, and surrounding personnel. They must comply with the rules of the competition, including the race route, rules, and any specific technical requirements.

The 2025 Beijing Yizhuang Half Marathon has been officially upgraded to an A1 level event organized by the Chinese Athletics Association, with a total of 12000 participants. The pre race starting ceremony will be hosted by robots, and there will also be a robot runway and interactive experience activities after the race, allowing the audience to experience the charm of robots up close.

The competition has set up first, second, and third place winners and awarded prizes. In addition, 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 have been set up. At the same time, rich technological innovation and research and development awards have been prepared to express recognition and appreciation for the innovative breakthroughs of the humanoid robot research and development team.

This is the first time in the world that humanoid robots have been involved in a half marathon race, pioneering the participation of humanoid robots in competitive sports.