BEIJING, China, July 6, 2025 – In a landmark achievement for embodied AI, Tsinghua University’s humanoid robots won China’s first fully autonomous 3-on-3 soccer match on June 30, 2025, showcasing advances in robotics and artificial intelligence. The match, held at the university’s Beijing campus, featured robots navigating, strategizing, and scoring without human intervention, marking a leap in real-time AI decision-making. The robots, equipped with advanced sensors and machine-learning algorithms, demonstrated precise ball control and teamwork, outperforming a rival team from Zhejiang University.
A post on X by @deepnewzcom hailed the event as “a milestone in embodied AI,” with potential applications in autonomous systems beyond sports, such as logistics and healthcare. This victory aligns with China’s broader tech advancements, including the debut of a self-developed general-purpose CPU on June 27, 2025, capable of supporting diverse computing needs from industrial control to intelligent computing. The soccer match underscores China’s growing influence in AI and robotics research, raising questions about global competition in autonomous technologies.
