Galbot Robots Complete More Than 100 Tennis Rallies

Aug 24, 2026
Galbot humanoid robots completed more than 100 consecutive autonomous tennis rallies against human athletes during a live match at the Second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.

Galbot humanoid robots completed more than 100 consecutive autonomous tennis rallies against human athletes during a live match at the opening ceremony of the Second World Humanoid Robot Games, the company said in a press release.

The match was broadcast globally from Beijing on Aug. 23, 2026. Galbot said the robots tracked tennis balls, moved across the court, selected shots, and continued play without scripted movement sequences.

During the event, the robots performed serves, forehands, backhands, returns, baseline rallies, net play, and recovery shots. In doubles play, they partnered with human tennis champions and adjusted their movements during active points.

The company said the demonstration showed autonomous humanoid robots responding to a complete sports environment, including ball tracking, body coordination, positioning, and interaction with human players.

We hope you enjoyed this article

Consider subscribing to one of our newsletters like Robotics Brief or Daily AI Brief.

Also, consider following us on social media:

Stefan Hof AI in Sports AI & Robotics AI Brief AI Brief (X)
Free newsletter

Robotics Brief

Weekly coverage of AI-driven robotics advances in industrial automation, autonomous vehicles, and robotic systems.

AI Token Webinar

Whitepaper

Tensordyne Napier: What If One Rack Could Do the Work of Nine?

Tensordyne

This Tensordyne whitepaper presents Napier, an inference-focused AI processor and rack-scale system based on the company’s TDN Math logarithmic number system. It examines infrastructure requirements for large mixture-of-experts and agentic models, compares major inference architecture approaches, and details the TDN AIP processor, TDN72 pod, TDN Link fabric, and Napier Ultra configuration. The paper reports simulation-based performance, cost, and accuracy-validation results, including Tensordyne’s projected comparison of one Napier rack with a nine-rack Nvidia Rubin plus Groq deployment; the chip is reported as taped out and in fabrication.

Read more

You may also like

Free, six days a week

Daily AI Brief: the AI news that matters, in your inbox.