Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Autonomous, chinese made humanoid Robot beats human world record at Beijing half-marathon

Amazing stuff!

"The winning runner at a Beijing half-marathon for humanoid robots finished the race today in 50 minutes and 26 seconds — significantly faster than the human world record of 57 minutes recently set by Jacob Kiplimo. ...

this year’s winner was built by Chinese smartphone maker Honor.  ... the 50:26 robot was autonomous and won due to weighted scoring. ...

About 40% of participating robots competed autonomously, while the remaining 60% were remote controlled ..."

Robots beat human records at Beijing half-marathon | TechCrunch

Humanoid robot sprints to victory in Beijing, beating human half-marathon record "A humanoid robot has won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing, running faster than the human record"






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