China Media Group Mecha Fighting

Televised humanoid robot fighting tournament / program.

PROVISIONAL DISPLAY ROLE

MEDIA / TV

LOCATION

Beijing, China · China Media Group

RELATIONSHIP CHAIN

China Media Group | China Media Group / 中央广播电视总台 (media organizer) | China Central Television / CCTV (broadcast brand) | Unitree Robotics / Yushu Technology (robot supplier / technical partner, not corporate parent)

VERIFICATION STATUS

IDENTITY_ONLY

SOURCE COUNT

PRIMARY URL

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WKCDP41_4m8

Organization brief

China Media Group staged a humanoid fighting event in Hangzhou on 25 May 2025, combining demonstrations with competition for CCTV-10. Its Social Education Program Center, Zhejiang Bureau and Technical Bureau organized the event as part of the CMG World Robot Competition program.

Summary source · 2026-10-28

Office and location evidence

Broadcaster correspondence address (legacy page)

CCTV Advertising Department, 11 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100859, China

Source-backed · Reviewed 2026-10-28

CCTV’s legacy advertising-department contact page publishes this address. It does not establish current CMG headquarters or a dedicated mecha-fighting office or event venue.

CCTV advertising department — legacy contact page ↗

Organization

Organization role: Broadcast organizer and producer of a humanoid robot-combat programReviewed 2026-10-28
Status / historical scope: 2026 program and recruitment publicized; multiple stages announcedReviewed 2026-10-28Announced 2026 stages are not all represented as completed events.
Leagues / competition programs: CMG World Robot Competition / Robot Mecha FightingReviewed 2026-10-28
Operator / presenter: China Media Group: Social Education Program Center, Zhejiang Bureau and Technical BureauReviewed 2026-10-28Named units for the May 2025 event; program identity is not a separate legal company.
Country: ChinaReviewed 2026-10-28The official program identifies Hangzhou as the 2025 host city; no venue is used as headquarters.
Partnerships: Unitree — joint technology demonstration for the 2026 programReviewed 2026-10-28Technology collaboration does not establish ownership of the program.

Competition and participation

Combat format: Humanoid robot fighting and related demonstrationsReviewed 2026-10-28
Robot platforms / scale: Unitree G1 used in the published 2026 teleoperation demonstrationReviewed 2026-10-28Demonstration platform, not a universal entrant restriction.
Control mode: 2026 plans: remote control, full-body motion capture, full-size fighting and AI autonomous oppositionReviewed 2026-10-28
Participation: 2026 recruitment: robot R&D teams and control enthusiasts; official WeChat 央视科教, reply 报名Reviewed 2026-10-28Published recruitment instructions; current availability is not confirmed.

Events, media and community

Events / schedule: https://tv.cctv.com/2025/05/29/VIDAofwleevTNcsQH3PjpAy0250529.shtmlSource · 2026-10-28
Watch / replays: https://tv.cctv.com/2025/05/29/VIDEl2tJDpOddkr4FQIKH91W250529.shtmlSource · 2026-10-28
Official full-program page for the May 2025 event; viewing link, not a download/reuse license.

Contacts and administration

Parent organization address: CCTV Advertising Department, 11 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100859, ChinaReviewed 2026-10-28Address published on CCTV’s legacy advertising-department contact page. Broadcaster correspondence context only; not a verified current office or venue for the robot-combat program.
Brand identity scope: China Media Group program; CCTV.com portal artwork is not treated as its organization logoReviewed 2026-10-28

Additional sourced details

Broadcast channels: CCTV-10 Science and EducationReviewed 2026-10-28

Earlier evidence record

Robots, people and rules

People and operator roles: CMG; CCTV production; Unitree competition teams 🇨🇳
Chronology: FIRST: 2025-05-25 · LATEST VERIFIED: 2025-05-25 · CMG Mecha Fighting tournament, Hangzhou
Robot platforms: BIPED HUMANOID · Unitree G1
Human control: Competition operators · VR: NO
Control hardware: Event / pilot control interfaces
Control software: G1 motion stack + competition logic
Rules and actions: Jabs, kicks, knees, uppercuts; ring tournament
Purpose and scope: Televised humanoid robot fighting tournament / program.