China has decided that the regular human Olympics just aren\’t enough. The humanoid Olympics will involve athletic competitions as well as things like…cleaning.

I am looking forward to the ‘killing pathetic humans with laser weapons’ event.

Apparently robot sports are a big thing, I had no idea. Maybe there should be another ESPN channel for it, ESPN-17 or whatever.

The Chinese event will face competition from the RoboGames that also stages sports events for robots. The 2010 RoboGames will take in California in April.

The Harbin robot games will be one among an increasingly crowded calendar for robot sports and other competitive events. One event, Roboexotica, is for robots that can mix cocktails, light cigarettes and chat with bar patrons.

Robots already have their own world cup. The 2009 competition saw entries from 400 teams that hailed from 35 separate nations. The 2010 event will be held in June in Singapore. A rival event is run by the Federation of International Robot-Soccer Associations.