A Chinese robotics developer tells CBS News humanoids won't turn against humans as they're just machines: "It all depends on who controls them."

The World Humanoid Robot Games are currently going on in Beijing. The event, which seems like the world’s largest Battlebots taping, features events like boxing, weightlifting, track races, and real-world scenario simulations like firefighting and hospitality tasks which have the robot competitors demonstrate their prowess at the applications they were ostensibly designed for—y’know,

The five-day World Humanoid Robot Games combine events modelled on human sports with those designed to test the robots in simulated factories, restaurants, ​offices and in emergency situations.

Humanoid robots still take a long time to complete human tasks. Several startups in China are trying different ways to collect and use training data better.