From August 14 to 17, 2025, the globally anticipated 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games was grandly held at the National Speed Skating Oval. This spectacular event attracted 280 teams from 16 countries across five continents, bringing over 510 humanoid robots to compete fiercely in 26 events encompassing 538 competition items. It showcased the top-tier technologies and innovative achievements in the field of humanoid robotics.
As a key player in the industry, HK StarHarbour Group sent its independently developed XingLing Series robots to participate in the 100-meter sprint event. In the preliminary round, XingLing V1 demonstrated exceptional performance with its advanced algorithm programs, securing the first place in its group by edging out the second-place finisher by a body length. This achievement drew widespread attention from the on-site audience and industry experts. Its smooth movements and excellent speed control highlighted HK StarHarbour Group profound accumulation in motion control technology for humanoid robots. However, in the subsequent semi-finals, XingLing V1 regrettably exited the competition, failing to advance to the finals, thus concluding its journey in this year’s Robot Games. Nevertheless, HK StarHarbour Group performance in the event was still commendable, providing valuable experience for its future technological research and development.
During the event, Suvan from the Bionic Division of the Group’s Shanghai R&D Center shared his insights on the future development prospects of humanoid robots in an interview with Hong Kong’s TVB. He pointed out that the development of humanoid robots is inseparable from the collection of massive datasets and the training of movement behaviors. With the continuous advancement of technology, humanoid robots are expected to penetrate various scenarios in human life. Especially in cities like Hong Kong, which face issues such as high labor costs and labor shortages, humanoid robots hold enormous application potential in fields such as security, high-altitude operations, and tree pruning. They can effectively alleviate labor shortages and improve work efficiency and quality.
Regarding the Group’s long-term layout in the humanoid robot track, Group Chairman Zhao Liheng stated that the humanoid robot project is a key project of the Bionic Division, and the Group has spared no expense in investment. The Group aims to focus on the future and fully leverage the core value of legged robots in the future robot track. Through efficient training and enhanced perception technology, it seeks to realize dynamic gait planning and multimodal perception fusion for robots, improving their ability to walk and run stably in complex environments. In terms of technological innovation, HK StarHarbour Group utilizes joint torque sensors and IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) combined with reinforcement learning algorithms to continuously adjust and optimize the robot’s center of gravity, enabling it to better respond to various sudden disturbances. Additionally, the Group plans to optimize the use of lightweight model deployment and cloud collaboration technology in the later stage to achieve real-time decision-making of robots under power consumption constraints. This will further enhance the core technological competitiveness of Xingling robots, allowing them to undertake human tasks more intelligently and efficiently.
The 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games is not only a feast of technologies but also an important platform for HK StarHarbour Group to showcase its strength and outline its future plans. Although the XingLing Series robots did not reach the final stage in this event, the Group’s active exploration in technological research and development as well as market applications has undoubtedly laid a solid foundation for its competition in the future humanoid robot market. It is believed that with continuous investment in innovation and strategic layout, HK StarHarbour Group will achieve more remarkable results in the field of humanoid robots and contribute more to promoting the development of the industry.
