Train for a year
Build, simulate, and iterate. Teams spend twelve months refining control stacks, safety layers, and fight strategies.
Universities · Research Labs · Unitree G1
Arena971
Train a humanoid. Step into the arena.
A year-long challenge for universities and research laboratories to train a Unitree G1 robot and compete in controlled boxing combat against other teams.
Platform
Unitree G1
Training cycle
1 year
Who can enter
Universities & labs
Research meets the ring
Arena971 brings together robotics labs, AI researchers, and engineering faculties for a sustained challenge: develop locomotion, perception, and combat policies on a Unitree G1 — then prove them under arena conditions.
Fight in the arena
Qualified teams meet on fight night. Bouts are scored under published rules with safety oversight.
Advance the field
Publish methods, share lessons, and push humanoid learning under high-stakes, real-world constraints.
The year ahead
Registration, milestones, qualifiers, and the final arena event — see the full schedule.
Is your lab ready?
Institutional teams from universities and research laboratories can register interest now.
Start registration