Humanoid robots waddled, stumbled, and occasionally face-planted their way through a 3-against-3 soccer tournament in Beijing on Saturday that looked more like the first day of little league than the rise of a robotic Lionel Messi.

Humanoid robots waddled, stumbled, and occasionally face-planted their way through a 3-against-3 soccer tournament in Beijing on Saturday that looked more like the first day of little league than the rise of a robotic Lionel Messi.