A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far ...
A Honor robot took part in the 2026 Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon and finished in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, significantly ...
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Humanoid robots may be about to break the 100-metre sprint record
Robots can now run a half-marathon faster than humans and are rapidly homing in on the 100-metre sprint record. But why are ...
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Humanoid robots pass human runners in Beijing half-marathon showcase
On the morning of April 19, 2026, a bipedal humanoid robot built by Chinese tech company Honor crossed the finish line of a ...
The robot that won the humanoid half-marathon this month finished in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, a major improvement compared ...
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Robots can run a marathon and play ping pong. But will they ever achieve true sporting greatness?
A humanoid robot recently made headlines around the world for running a half-marathon and beating the human world record. Around the same time, an AI-powered robot defeated an elite human player in ...
The android won a race featuring robots and humans on Sunday in Beijing, achieving a technological milestone while finishing ...
The era of us laughing at humanoids playing sport may now be behind us – for the most part – as a field of robots competing ...
Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism and autonomous navigation skills as they ...
Lightning, one of more than 100 robots running the Beijing E-Town, avoided a serious mishap and crossed the finish line in a ...
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