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Project H / Global desk4 sourced claims

The global desk for humanoid competition.

Follow the leagues, machines and rules shaping a new sports category — with every result separated from rumour, and every future market tied to a resolvable fact.

Explore the field ↘August calendar 04 events
05 core combat competitions02 control families06 countries in the wider index
Now tracking04 / 15
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EngineAI operator logo
Operator markEngineAI
URKLCN · AutonomousAugust 2026↗02
REK identity mark
League markRobot Embodied Kombat
REKUS · Teleoperated15 Aug 2026↗03
Ultimate Bots identity mark
League markUltimate Fighting Bots
UFBUS · Teleoperated18–19 Aug 2026↗04
World Humanoid Robot Games official emblem
League markWorld Humanoid Robot Games
WHRGCN · Autonomous22–26 Aug 2026↗
Algorithm decidesHuman decides
VerifiedLatest / URKL

Matador defeats White Eagle 3–2 after finishing the Shenzhen exhibition without its head.

Audit the signal 07.16

Signal gap / URKLSnapshot · 01 Aug 2026

One event.
Three audience stories.

The public claim, broadcaster figure and measurable official-channel footprint do not describe the same reality. Project H keeps them separate.

Open the fact audit ↗
League claim320M72 hours · contested
Broadcaster figure11MNetwork views · contested
Official highlight3.057MYouTube API · confirmed
45 strict videos4,267,236 measured views

East Asia signal deskSnapshot · 02 Aug 2026

What English search did not surface.

RSSHub found the items; direct APIs supplied counters where available. The desk reports editorial and distribution signals without converting discovery into audience.

253 items persisted12 monitored routes48 classified core60 unique videos
URKL / CHINA01 / Narrative analysis

URKL is framed as a martial-arts story, not just a robot demo

Five dated EngineAI uploads turn the gala into a wuxia-shaped sequence of origin, martial soul, quest, arena and triumph.

Five owned uploads / 03–16 JulyRead analysis ↗ENGINEAI / T80002 / Manufacturing signal

The first Henan-made T800 units mark a broader production footprint

An official EngineAI upload dated 24 July says the first Henan-produced T800 batch came off the line—an industrial signal outside Shenzhen.

137,337 views / Bilibili API snapshotRead analysis ↗URKL / WEIBO03 / Distribution analysis

URKL’s Chinese distribution extends beyond its owned channels

A same-day Weibo cluster carried the same live-spectacle story through regional media accounts from Wenzhou to Qingdao and Dezhou.

7 inspectable posts / one syndicated storyRead analysis ↗

August boardAsia / North America

Four dates move the category forward.

Published schedules are shown with their current source confidence. “TBC” means the organiser has not published an exact day.

URKL
URKLCompetition

Physical Play-in · Top 32 → 16

Beijing · Zhengzhou · Shanghai · Shenzhen

Exact days pending

Medium confidence
↗
REK
REKCompetition

REK 2

San Francisco · USA

Confirmed event record

Medium confidence
↗
UFB
UFBCompetition

Actuate × UFB

Fort Mason · San Francisco

Published by organiser

Medium confidence
↗
WHRG
WHRGCompetition

2nd World Humanoid Robot Games

Ice Ribbon · Beijing

50 events · 100+ teams expected

High confidence
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Category primer / 01Control mode

The control line changes everything.

Humanoid combat is not one sport. In autonomous competition, code reads the arena and chooses the strike. In teleoperated competition, a human pilot remains inside the loop. Project H never puts those records in the same statistical bucket.

Compare competition formats ↘
Non-documentary illustration of two generic humanoid robots in a combat arena
Category illustration — not event footageProject H / ImageGen
A / 01
Non-documentary illustration of a generic autonomous humanoid combat robot

Decision layer

Autonomous

Algorithm → actuator
  • URKL
  • WHRG
  • RoboCup HSL adjacent
H / 02
Generic humanoid robot fight with a motion-capture pilot behind a safety barrier

Decision layer

Teleoperated

Pilot → interface → actuator
  • REK VR / mocap
  • UFB gamepad
  • SCL VR / mocap

Field index05 core competitions

One category. Different machines of sport.

CompetitionControlPlatformNext signalSource state
Result / VerifiedSix-source cross-check

Shenzhen · 16 July 2026 · Exhibition

The winner that finished without a head.

White Eagle’s fifth-round high kick dislodged Matador’s head. Matador continued through torso systems and won the five-round gala bout on points.

Identity resolved

斗牛士 = Matador = Bullfighter

One robot, three names found across Chinese and English reporting.
Video still: Best Moments | Highlights from the EngineAI URKL Unveiling Nightowned
Official resultURKL / Gala 01
MAT
Winner · EngineAI T800

Matador

斗牛士

3
5 rounds × 5 minPTSExhibition rules
WHE
EngineAI T800

White Eagle

白色雄鹰

2
R5 / Head separationMatador continues

Evidence deskPublic methodology

A database that shows its uncertainty.

Project H stores the claim, the entity it belongs to, its source and its confidence state. Contradictions are displayed—not silently averaged away.

15competitions indexed
4event records
10named robots
18documented teams
4source-level claims
Claim integrity / full corpus4 total
2 Confirmed2 Contested0 Unverified0 Refuted

01Canonical entityAliases are resolved before records are merged.

02Claim-level sourceEvery publishable fact retains its provenance.

03Visible conflictsContested facts remain contested in the interface.

Prediction layer / private betaNo markets open

No market without a resolvable fact.

Project H starts with evidence, then writes the question and resolution criteria. Price discovery comes only after the underlying event is sufficiently sourced.

URKL
URKL / 01Watching

When will the physical play-in begin?

Month and cities are sourced; the exact day is not.

Resolution condition

Official event day published by EngineAI

REK
REK / 02Source review

Will REK 2 take place on 15 August?

The event record is medium confidence and needs organiser confirmation.

Resolution condition

Event takes place at the published San Francisco venue

WHRG
WHRG / 03Market open

Will free combat appear at the 2026 Games?

Dates, venue and discipline are supported by official sources. Prices below are explicitly demo data.

Resolution condition

Free-combat competition is held in the official programme