Over 500 robots competed in soccer, boxing, and running. In many cases, gravity was the real winner. This week, China’s leading robotics minds gathered in Beijing for a hotly-anticipated, Olympics-style event dubbed the world’s first “ Humanoid Robot Games. ”

The World Humanoid Robot Games has just kicked off in Beijing, China after the opening ceremony on August 14. While it looks exciting and fun, it's also a pretty frightening look at our potential future robot overlords.