NUbots were invited to the World Humanoid Robot Games to compete for gold in Beijing. The games, which included Olympic style events such as sprinting and boxing, partnered with RoboCup Asia-Pacific to bring soccer to the competition. However, this would be a unique competition in that teams did not bring their own robots. Instead, they were supplied with humanoid robots from leading Chinese robotics companies. These same robots had changed the landscape of the RoboCup Humanoid League just a month prior, when German team Boosted HTWK won the Kid Size division with the Booster Robotics K1 model, and Tsinghua Hephaestus won the Adult Size division with the Booster Robotics T1 model.
NUbots entered the 5v5 competition with the Booster T1 model and joined forces with team rUNSWift from the University of New South Wales to play as a combined Australian team.
Team NUSWift first played in round robin preliminary games that aimed to cut down the number of teams to eight total for the main part of the competition. They were successful in securing a spot in the main competition after coming second in their round robin group.
| Rank | Team | Points | Won | Drew | Lost | Goal Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HTWK + NAO Devils | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 2 | rUNSWift + NUbots | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -5 |
| 3 | SPQR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -18 |
| 4 | Tech United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -22 |
The main competition proceeded into a full round robin with all eight teams. NUSWift ranked 5th, only just missing out on proceeding to the semi-finals. They won three games and scored nine goals.
| Rank | Team | Points | Won | Drew | Lost | Goal Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HTWK + NAO Devils | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 2 | Tsinghua Hephaestus | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | Blaze | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | CAU_COE | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | rUNSWift + NUbots | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -13 |
| 6 | Power Intelligence | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -14 |
| 7 | RoboErectus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -10 |
| 8 | Dutch NAO Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -34 |