Chinese robot beats human best time in half-marathon
Digest more
Professor Helen Hastie on the positive future role for robots in our world.
China once again staged a half-marathon for humanoid robots. It delivered a record — and plenty of chaos. A robot from Chinese smartphone and gadget maker Honor clocked 50 minutes and 26 seconds at the event in Beijing on Sunday,
China’s humanoid robot half marathon showed real gains in speed and autonomy, even if the race still revealed clear technical limits.