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Our race is run. A Chinese-built robot comfortably beat the human half-marathon world record Sunday during an annual race in Beijing — although several other humanoid participants malfunctioned and fell around the finish line.
A humanoid robot from Chinese smartphone company Honor ran a half-marathon in Beijing faster than the human world record, completing 21 kilometers in just over 50 minutes and signaling a new era in robotics competition.
The Agibot G2 is the first humanoid robot to get a job alongside humans on a high-speed electronics production line, Agibot says.
Millions spent on humanoid robots depend on gig workers recording daily tasks, signaling a shift in AI training and work.
The latest boom in robotics represents a revolution in the way machines have learned to interact with the world.