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A |     “简直就像一个个大圆桌”“第一次见到这种植物，是什么品种？”“它会开花吗？”……这两天，不少市民惊喜地发现湘湖“十里荷香”迎来新变化——一张张巨大的绿色莲叶漂浮于水面，叶片舒展，为湖畔增添了别样韵味。    

         
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.
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B | 记者从湘湖管委会了解到，这是新晋落户的克鲁兹王莲。

C | 今年6月，湘湖首次引种40株克鲁兹王莲，历经夏日滋养，在处暑节气悄然成形。图片来源：湘湖管委会不同于普通荷叶的纤细灵动，王莲自带大气磅礴的姿态，成熟叶片直径可达1.5至2米，硕大的翠叶平整舒展浮于碧波之上，叶缘整齐上翘，宛如一方方天然青玉圆桌，错落点缀在湖面，层层叠叠，绿意盎然，为渐入清秋的湘湖留住了满目生机。如果走近了仔细观察这一方方“水上玉盘”，还会发现许多暗藏着自然的精巧玄机。王莲叶背布满粗壮的网状叶脉与细密尖刺，独特的气室结构赋予它超强浮力，均匀承重下可承载数十公斤重量。对于王莲有一定了解的市民，或许曾经看到过这样的图片：游客坐在巨大的莲叶上打卡留念。未来，湘湖是否也会有类似的活动？湘湖管委会工作人员透露，今年是初次种植，目前叶面大小还未达到能支撑人体重量的程度。“大家还得再等等，等王莲的直径和承重能力达标后，我们也会考虑推出人上王莲打卡的服务。”再来说说王莲花，作为独特的“夜开型”花卉，王莲花仅有三日花期，却日日换新颜，第一夜初开时为纯白色，第二晚转为粉红色，第三日变为紫红色，之后闭合沉入水中结实。因此，也有许多人称它为“变色女神”。眼下正值王莲最佳花果观赏期，7月至9月是它最美的季节。王莲虽美，却也娇贵，湘湖管委会也提醒广大市民游客，王莲叶背有尖刺，叶面虽美但不可随意触碰、投掷杂物。观赏时请保持距离，爱护这片来之不易的风景。除了“十里荷香”，湘花岛的地肤草同样吸睛。

D | 翠绿圆润的植株连成一片，在蓝天白云的映衬下格外治愈。据悉，地肤面积约10亩，预计10月中下旬开始变色，届时将呈现出红、黄、绿交织的秋日美景图。值得一提的是，今年，地肤草里还多了只卡通“站岗松鼠”，引来不少游客前来打卡。

E | 工作人员介绍，因为原有地肤区块分布着较多井盖、电箱等影响美观，设计两只松鼠造型既能遮挡设施，又增添了趣味性。后期这里还将增加“比奇堡居民”等造型装置，让花海更具童话氛围。想要拍照出片的市民游客可以选择上午或傍晚光线柔和的时段，摄影效果更佳。

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