Football · Published
A Chinese team wins RoboCup AdultSize for the first time, on a shared robot
Tsinghua and China Agricultural University met in the 2025 final, both on Booster T1 robots.
Football · Sport desk
Humanoid football, where the contest is as much about perception and team coordination as about speed.
This is a selected evidence file, not a complete current world ranking. A source link is not independent verification.
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Football results
Football results are placings, not measurements, so the chart records who won each final rather than scoring robots on a shared scale.
RoboCup 2025 Humanoid League, AdultSize: final placings
Final placing (1 = champion) · place
Same tournament and category. Teams used the same Booster T1 platform, so the result reflects team software and play as much as the robot.
| Competitor | Result | Evidence date | Control mode | Classification | Notes and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsinghua Hephaestus (Booster T1) | 1st | 2025-07-21 | Not specified / not applicable; see notes | Official event result | First Chinese team to win the category. Xinhua reports the final was won against China Agricultural University. RoboCup Humanoid League official results |
| CAU Mountain&Sea (Booster T1) | 2nd | 2025-07-21 | Not specified / not applicable; see notes | Official event result | Runner-up in an all-Chinese final, as reported by Xinhua and Beijing Daily. RoboCup Humanoid League official results |
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